1st December - shopping in Sitiawan

Sunday 1^st December

Yesterday James Khoo and Sazli organised two buses to take all interested yachties to go on a Shopping Spree around the streets of Sitiawan (aka BirdsVille).*

The bus, as usual, was very comfortable and fitted out with much drapery

We went to not one

or two

but three

hardware shops.

Sheer blissikins for the men.  Pete came back from each shop, beaming joyfully and clutching little bags of this and that.  Nuts and bolts, plumbing connections, bits of electrical this & that.  And a nice little white light for the dinghy.  The dingy needs a consolation present…

It is up on the pontoon and Pete has lovingly pumped it full of air.  But…it is very sadly deflating as we watch… He won’t give up; on our shopping excursion he bought all manner of products designed to patch the leaks.  But I fear the leaks are many…

In amongst the hardware shops was a dear little shrine in some dear little bushes

Apart from hardware shops we also went to one big shopping mall and another big supermarket.  I bought fruit, veg, shampoo, bleach, cheese and two lovely fluffy new pillows. Our poor pillows are getting decidedly festy, what with all the moisture coming out of our heads at night.  They need a bit of a rest!

On Friday night Chantal and Fredy came for dinner.  The boat is looking extra nice, now the galley cupboards re purified, and the couch beautified with cushions.  Chantal gave me a few small ones from Micromegas, white with blue patterns, so it is all looking very schmick.  They brought nice red wine, from New Caledonia, and Pete chilled a bottle of pinot grigio, so that was all fine.  As for the food…well I managed to contrive a meal entirely from tins and packets… We were all very happy so never mind that there wasn’t one single fresh ingredients on the table…

Saturday night was our Pangkor Marina dinner – more re this later.

LegoLand Muslim mother and son

* Just as a matter of interest, our entry fee for the Malaysia Rally was something like $130.  I think that our fabulous dinner in Danga Bay, and the tour of Johor Baru, would have cost at least that much.  And since then we have had a tour of Pangkor Island in little pink buses, a wonderful seafood lunch, dinner at Port Dickson, sausages and beer for lunch here (Friday) and…as they say, MUCH MUCH MORE.