16th September - Lombok - Medana marina continued

Monday 16^th September

Above - the aforementioned chairs.  Not only were they dressed in satin, with blue sashes, but…they had padding!  Pete and I had front row seats and we were very happy indeed.

And yes – new ikat woven scarves to add to our collection… There are about 28 Rally boats here so we made an impressive showing.  Thank goodness…

Bailey, from Galatea, and seen on a previous post at breakfast time with Pete, made a wonderful speech, in Bahasa Indonesian and English.  This went down VERY well with the audience.  Wreathed in smiles, the local dignitaries.

And yes there were lots of speeches which maybe went on too long but…we had shade, padded seats, bintang to share, and LOTS of entertainment.

Dancers:

These young chaps dressed in Turkish costumes to do their traditional sword dance.  Not sure what the Turkish connection is, with Lombok Northern Regency, but we just sat back and enjoyed it.

Gorgeous girls in lovely costumes, twirling their fingers and dancing most gracefully.

Drummers with BIG drums - nothing like a really big, resonant drum, is there?

And then an early dinner.

And…another beautiful sunset.

It is 9pm and we have just come back from a l-o-n-g Lombok Tour, followed by a convivial dinner with RallyFriends at our cheery outdoor marina restaurant.  TOO tired for words so…no words re The Tour till tomorrow…but here is a pretty flowerphoto to tide us over.