28th April - Captain Pete's birthday - Hole in the Wall (Langkawi) - Attenborough moments

Monday 28^th April

Wakefields under 2XS

Langkawi has continued to provide dozens of very thrilling Attenborough moments. 

Hamish and Angus have become very competent with the dinghy.  They chauffeur us around the waterways, and go off by themselves to look at monkeys, or just to pootle along the shore.

They were particularly amused by a baby monkey clinging to a branch while his mother pulled at his legs to get him down…

And who knew monitors had long blue tongues??

We had dinner last night at one of the little floating restaurants in the Hole in the Wall.  Pete and I had eaten there before, with James, Bron and Jabba, and while it is a fascinating setting, we hadn’t been very impressed with the food.  Last night – yummo!  Pete had an enormous bowl of curry, full of prawns and bits of fresh seafood, while the rest of us had fish & chips with mango salad, all just perfect.

We are now anchored off Tanjung Ruh resort*, on the northern coast, and we have had lunch – a miscellany of leftover bits and pieces.

The evenings have become a bit primal – competition is fierce!  The boys have learned the rudiments of playing trumps, getting tricks.  Oh Hell is all go!  So far Nicky and I have not shone on the leader board…but our time will come!

* Oh no we’re not…Captain Pete is casting off and we are about to move to another anchorage… Fortunately we noticed that at least two of our boys were splashing around in the water under the boat BEFORE we took off…

Today is a very special day – Captain Pete’s birthday!  I have ben trying to find a photo to mark this day and it is very difficult to choose.  I have hundreds of photos of Pete on my computer.  In 90% of them he is smiling radiantly, emanating that special Pete charm and joie de vivre.  In just a few others he is scowling, concentrating deeply on some bit of equipment which needs fixing, or on that bugger of a computer which has lost a very important bit of documentation.  And in one or two he is actually relaxing…so I chose one of those.