Tuesday 3rd September
Last night we
had a most delicious and convivial dinner on Marieke III. Tasmanian eye fillet (Angus beef) with a
sauce made from chanterelle mushrooms, picked and dried by Ingvar when they
were last home in Sweden. I had never
tasted these mushrooms – they are SO fabulous!
We also had a
Greek salad, which reminded me how much I love and miss feta cheese…So imagine
my joy when today we found a small cool white shop (cool as in airconditioned
and full of fridges) which sold not only wine but also olives (tinned) and feta,
as well as a very delicious pecorino. Oh
and bacon – very rare, on this very Muslim island! Calloo callay o frabjous day!
I also found
bottled water which amused me a lot:
I sat on a big
lump of concrete while Pete talked to a man in a carparts shops about batteries. The buildings opposite are very typical of
downtown Labuan Bajo:
One shiny and
new, one shabby and run down but probably housing a thriving little cottage
industry.
Dear M, so amused by Pocari sweat which is a Japanese drink aimed, I guess at athletes. I rather like the taste. But my absolute favorite is Calpis water, which caters for a similar market - those who get too sweaty I suppose. I was constantly awash with sweat in japan, so hot and humid and found imbibing calpis water definitely helped!
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