Thursday, September 26, 2013

23/9/13. 24/9/13. Home sweet second home

Up , pack no problem , breakfast as usual no problem , purchase lettuce ? no prOblem , back , grab bags  no problem , check out no comment . Taxi to  Tana Emerah port , that's right port , not airport . We're off to Indonesia , home no  not yet . Neil and Lee are only 45 min away on Crystal Blues . All the usual things that you do at airport , queue , customs , x,rays , finally onto boat .

Looks crowded , actually 9 others on board , our BO must have been bad .

Arrived 45 min late as quoted . Once again much the same as airport , except one small queue . Paid 20 US dollars , all they will accept !!! We're in Indonesia , smiling chap standing there with sign , Crystal Blues , our lift to Nonsa Point Resort . Arrived , welcoming crowd cheering our arrival , well Lee standing quietly with smile on her dial . 

Remember my earlier blogg , well the same again , blue seas , blue sky's , green islands . This time , unfortunately no sailing as we only have until next day , next best thing we are staying aboard while in a resort Marina . Lee takes us to the boat where we are greeted by a naked captain , he was naked but we could only see his top half , complained HS . He had just had a shower to greet us , we must be special . He dressed in traditional sailing attire , shorts .

The galley bitch and I boarded  yes name change . Of course I had to get into boat crew gear too , shorts . Well Lee and Neil gave us their usual welcome , great lunch prepared by Lee with our lettuce , our contribution  , 1/2 and  1/2 drink , thirst quenching .  It felt like we hadn't left , even though it had been months . Swim in the resort pool , with local kids .


There were kids there , it was a big pool . This is relaxing . Yes that's me . We talked , relaxed , read , old fart napped , well I'm not a grandpa . Basically chilled out , one of the positives was , it wasn't costing us a fortune like Singapore  , in fact it was FREE . No Grand Prix . 

For tea , Lee and Neil did there usual , off into the middle of nowhere to a local eatery .  





Fresh fish , still kicking , the rest looks pretty bad also , not . See I'm being hip , 
We were over the water and we were the  only  four there , cant understand , we did shower before we went . 

Back to yacht with full bellies , into our cabin bed , so familiar , crashed .

Morning , the usual , fresh fruit , toast prepared by Captain Neil , tea and coffee in the cockpit . Blue sea , blue sky , green mountain , charming resort , and this is the rainy season . Captain had to do some work so the 3 of us walked through 2 resorts and along waters edge . 

To cut it short Lee and Neil gave us their usual fabulous hospitality , as always . Reluctantly ,  it was time to leave , driven back to boat . Usual rigmarole , customs etc , nothing happens in a hurry here . Boarded , had to fight crowd for seat , the galley bitch wanted the same seat as me , we were the only 2 passengers . Taxi to airport , flight home .


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