Our Boat SURROUNDED by WHALE SHARKS!

So glad Darwin is ok! My heart stops beating when I think about it. Tragedy averted. He has the most beautiful eyes in the world! The whale sharks were beautiful!

Great episode! Glad Darwin was okay, and Elayna, too.

Long format for the win again. Great video, love you guys.

Wow! What an adventure. Thanks for taking us along.

Great episode guys...the kids are epic...as are the parents...onward! xx

Love the long format. Drone shots of the volcano lake & waterfall were wonderful. Glad Darwin is okay. Wondering what the latest is on your new tri.

Great content as always. Life with young children is perilous on a boat just like land. Best wishes and excited about your upcoming ‘yachting de resistance’ !!

Thanks for another terrific episode and for sharing all of your adventures, good and bad. Loved the ending and we love you too! Cheers guys!

A wonderful video documenting ALL your adventures, good and not-so-good!The shark portion and the amazing waterfall blew me away. The best travel blog of all time!

These hour-long videos are an absolute dream, I feel spoiled that you keep putting them out :-) Poor little Darwin, he's a tough kid and lucky you were there to break his fall, Elayna. My mama heart was crying right along with you though! What an incredible experience diving with whale sharks, I love huge peaceful creatures like that. Thank you for bringing us with you on this adventure and I look forward to where you're heading next. Lots of love.

I love your hour-long videos, too. Whatever works for you, I'll watch gratefully. I so appreciate you sharing your lives and adventures with us. Thanks from the landlocked Canadian prairies. <3

This episode had EVERYTHING! I was tense for much of the movie.. cause so much s:+}# happened it nearly happened…, you guys all kept your cool and rolled with the punches! The boat engine was making such noises that I was taken back to a very old movie with a Steve McQueen called The Sand Pebbles…. “Roundy-go-thump” was the sound the engine on the Sand Pebbles made! I miss seeing the wind in your sails and you gliding soundlessly thru the water with effortless speed! But then we wouldn’t have the incredible scenery we are privileged to share with you! Thanks again for a great MOVIE… feature length film!!

Wow, Love the hour long episodes, this one had it all, ... beauty, drama, pathos, excitement, adventure, comedy, adorable children and Whale-sharks!! Scary times with kids their age but you all handled it well, they are just so cute. Always love seeing the local scenes, even the trash on the beach gives us a real feeling of being there. You have inspired us to plan a trip to Indonesia. Would love more info on the Nebula projectors too

Absolutely awesome episode. Loving the longer length. Great content.

Loved the episode! Getting more and more excited for our own adventure. Diving with whalesharks is something special. Did you know you could adopt a whaleshark? You can send in a picture of the one you saw. If that one will get scanned from your pic with its unique spots pattern and then you can name it. This is how they keep track of the species. 🥰 If you liked the volcano island, there is also a 3 colored lake volcano on flores if you get the time.

Absolutely EPIC episode of drama, adventure, laughter, love, overcoming challenges with calm, and certainly building some amazing memories. Thank you for another hour (and ten minutes) video. We really love the longer episodes. Hopefully they do not take you significantly more work to produce. We had the opportunity to swim with Whale Sharks years ago. Beautiful and majestic. I think if the locals are helping to protect them from being abused then more power to them! Hopefully they help control how many people are in the water at the same time. Thank you again! Loved seeing Forrest again. He is awesome. Elayna it is great to see back to yourself again and hope you are continuing to take time to focus on your own well being.

WOW, Thank you xxxxx

I haven’t heard you mention an update… Elayna, how are you doing? Sent some prayers up for you!!

I couldn’t load the video here so watched on YouTube. 🤩 Amazing!!!

These hour long videos are the best, I got home from work, lit the fire picked up some crochet and lived vicariously through you guys for a while, Thanks for always going the extra mile (literally) to create such awesome content, I really enjoy all the little everyday type things as well as the massive moments. Take care from freezing NZ

I just SLoVe these hour long videos - totally engrossing and real. You transport your viewers to an escape around the world - the beautiful and the unexpected, the frightening and frustrating, and all the awe and wonder of life. Thank you so much for allowing me, and all of us, to come along on your SLV adventures. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart ~ landlocked in Vermont. (Even better than Ted Lasso! LOL)

WOW! You had a week! No, you had a month, in the span of a week! But you came out the other side smelling like roses. Great job handling everything the way you did. Thank you for sharing it all with us. Including the trash on the beach. Not likely even their trash, yes? Much of it probably washed ashore from afar? Or other countries like the USA ships their trash elsewhere since we have used up our landfills here. Shameful. Anyway, I would like to make a suggestion. Create a routine and important rule, that while anchoring and pulling up the anchor, even docking and disembarking, any time that things can get to an emergency situation quickly if things don’t go well - have the boys sit in one place, with a book, special toy just for that time or they could count the seconds it takes, or what ever, and then when you give the go-ahead (make it fun) - they know it is safe to move about again. Hatches are tricky -risky indeed! Teach them about those as well - as soon as you get on board a boat - take the kids on a tour and show them where the hatches are to watch out for. Love you guys. A lot. You are awesome people. Thank you for sharing yourselves with us.

At the gorgeous island waterfall weren’t there any mosquitoes or biting bugs? To go walking in the woods here in Michigan or in Minnesota we have to spray all over with bug spray and cover every inch of skin with clothing so am wondering how you managed. LOVED seeing the whale sharks and reef fish. I like the long format.

Fantastic Movie. A little bit of everything in life. Really enjoyed it.😊⛵️

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Loved this video. Can’t wait to see what you have in store.

The Whale Shark sequences were pretty cool. Sorry that Darwin fell but then again, he survived and a lesson was learned by all. I have been watching since the beginning of your adventures in the Med and most of the content is great but I still feel an hour is a bit much. However, if that is the plan and your goal, I will still continue to watch but might have to skip ahead here and there. Love you guys!

That was fantastic! I’m so glad Darwin and Elayna are okay and that you had Forest along to share the adventures good and bad. He really is a legend.

I really like this format. The quiet parts border on ASMR. Hehehe. Other than worrying about scary falls, this was deeply relaxing and meditative. :)

Great video. Unfiltered is my choice. Glad E is getting a girls birthday getaway!!

Great adventure! Riley is so capable! Just so loved and enjoy seeing Elayna so happy and having so much fun!

How awesome! I love the hour videos.

I will probably watch any video you guys make. But I really like these 1 hr videos, its slower, theres more time to see amazing footage, and real about the good times and the bad. It's also a 1 hour escape.

Fantastic video you guys! Loved every second of it, it was so real!

Loved it!! Glad Darwin is ok.

The way you cope when things go wrong is incredible. I don’t know how you do it! Inspirational 🥰

Loooooveeee the Long Videos! IGS like being Part of the Crew ❤️

Jeepers. That was like watching a movie. One of the best you have ever done.

That was beautiful, love the long videos! Thanks for showing us the mishaps, it brings it to life. With Darwin, it brought to mind kids jumping on a bed and falling and breaking an arm or such, glad he’s ok. Thank you for all your work bringing us into your life. ❤️

That boat you've been staying on sure does have character in so many ways, you've navigated them well.

I'm excited to see you guys get onto the Rapido but watching you on Calypte is incredible amusing. She'll be a tough act to follow. The epoch steam punk sounds she makes are almost musical. Okay it's been a stressful hour I need a beer.

It was beyond an adventure and just over an hour! 👏❤️🙏

Nicely done 💕🤙🏽

Well done....they just keep getting better.

Something about Calypte, she reminds me of a boat Popeye would sail. Its funky and the putter putter of her engine is so old school, in a kinda putt putt way...

One of your best episodes.

Also I was very down and having a rough morning then I sat down and watched your vid, it has lifted my spirits up considerably, so thank you very much for what you guys do, and you both deserve every success that comes your way. Ps don't beat yourself up to much Riley

Wow wow wow,,,,, amazing episode, you guys never fail to impress with your awesome content.

I see several others saying that this is your best piece of work, and that’s exactly what I came to say. I honestly was wondering if I needed a break from SLV - I had kinda lost my enthusiasm - but this video rejuvenated me. Looking forward the the Rapido!

Another solid hour! Now make them 2 hours! ;)

Amazing!!! Wonderful video. Inspiring adventure! Hope to have you watching my videos one day soon...I am taking notes! My first tropical scuba diving was with my Dad in Palau. The crew ran across an adolescent whale shark and we all jumped in! I never take that stroke of good fortune for granted. Our dive master had been there six years and never seen one. Life changing trip. I am workng really hard to grow gills and go live on the water...coming from someone who got sent home the first day of scuba class...from the indoor pool! ;)

Egads y'all don't make anything look easy (I've paused just before the whale sharks so I wouldn't forget.) There's an old saying attributed to lots of people, and probably said about a lot of places, but out in way out west Texas it's said that those old wild desert lands were "heaven for men and dogs, hell for women and horses." Many wishes for some period of champagne sailing and rest very soon. What a great sport Forest is, too. :)

(06/13/23-usa) Just in the midst of viewing this latest video, and lovely to be able to read a prelim of coming attractions (Colleen Balch) in this video, lol. And of course the videographers, Elay & Riles!

Jesu* H Christ! What a roller coaster this video is. I have not gotten to the end yet with the whale sharks. Not sure I can take anymore. You guys should win some award for this documentary movie! I asked my hubby if we had a box of those boat hole plugs and he said nope! I think about all the years we sailed without every needing them and now I shiver….bless you all. Lemme see so far, Monkeys, Princess Diana Waterfalls, Volcano Lakes, Boat Anchors afloat as boat floats out to sea unmanned, Babies falling thru hatches, giant AG1 bags flying, spearfishing successes and failures, google translate emergencies, bilge and manual pump failures, gas shortages, emergency phone calls, two sinking boats, emergency nannies, water maker destruction, pure beautiful scenery and underwater deliciousness. Guess my BP is down enough I can watch the ending…so nice to see them underwater again. You guys rock!

...consider yourself rewarded, Riley. 1 hour 9 minutes of true adventure, Forrest had it right. Trauma, leaks, PEAK waterfall, drifting boat, good companionship, BEAUTIFUL REEF, fish to eat, whale sharks, and the love and kindness that you treat each other with, even in the worst of moments... Elayna, don't rewatch Darwin's fall. You've done what you always try to do and shown us the worst moment, your face reflecting that, you don't need to re-live that one. So very grateful Darwin is fine, you're fine. Thanks, again, for sharing this joy and hilarity and beauty and the crap all rolled in there, with us. We're grateful.

I feel like I say this each video but this was one of your best pieces of work! Went through many emotions watching. So glad you guys are sharing these incredible adventures. Thank you for the immersive experience. I couldn’t believe an hour had pasted so quickly 💓

Love the longer episodes!!!

EXCITED for this one!!