9AM
Right now we are
anchored near Telaga marina, quite along way from Kuah, about an hour from
Rebak Island. It is very beautiful here,
with many small islands dotted around, and majestic mountains, thickly
forested, sweeping down to the coastline.
On top of this
mountain is a cable car! We could see
the gondolas swinging across the top of the mountain in the late afternoon
light. So maybe today we can go UP and
look DOWN at 2XS. The whole system is
apparently built, operated and maintained by The Swiss. Therefore we can be certain it is very safe
and in meticulous order!
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| A gift fromTanzania to Malaysia, in the Galeria Perdana |
We only had one
night at Rebak marina, and two swims in the beautiful pool. The resort is also very beautiful, and
peaceful. People emerge from their lovely
rooms, idle down to the pool, swim around a bit, then lie on deck chairs,
reading or snoozing. There are lots of
activities available – tennis courts, volleyball, squash. But…it is so hot. Gently snoozing seems to be the best
option.
I did all of
this…swim, read, loll on deck chair.
But…I got restless and slightly achey - deck chairs aren’t ever all that
comfy, are they?? So I went back to the
boat and tried, with very limited success, to get onto the internet and do my
blog. Computer said NO, basically, and
took many hours to load so maybe I would have been better, after all, idling by
the pool.
We said goodbye to
our lovely Cheryl. She has been on three
different catamarans since Danga Bay – 2XS, Allicat, and Kularoo. Now she is returning to Danga Bay, to join
her Phil, and to get back on board Adagio.
Adagio is a nice boat but…it is a monohull, and not very roomy. Cheryl will be very happy to see Phil, and
she does love Adagio, but..she is going to have to adjust to smaller
spaces.
As for Phil, he has
been, for the past month, fixing the engine.
It has been a long drawn out process.
Very stressful, I imagine. For
example, the parts arrived and the whole thing was ready to install on
Monday. But…one of the pipes bent left
instead of right so it had to be sent back.
Maybe it will arrive today – que
sera sera. Danga Bay has been quite
a nice place for him to be. There are
lots of friendly yachties in the marina, ready to go for a meal, to have
sundowners on board. But (there always
seems to be a but…) it has been raining ferociously and constantly, and the
whole place is teeming with wildlife.
Small bitey wildlife – midgies and mosquitoes. I am SO glad I am not there!
There were lots of
bities in Rebak marina too. When we
first arrived for dinner on beautiful elegant Micromegas, we all sat and
scratched and slapped at our limbs until the mosquito coils at our feet had
taken effect. We also had to spray
clouds of poison round the table to repel all comers a bit more thoroughly.
2PM
We ran out of
power – those damned batteries – so we are back at Rebak marina…
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| A bit of Rebak wildlife 10th December - this bit went missing, unaccountably - Cyberspace is mysterious! |
Tonight we had Swiss cheese fondue on board Micromegas, with
Chantal and Fredy. Fredy will be very
happy; he won one of the major category prizes in the rally photo competition,
with a beautiful photo of the Petronas towers, reflected. You will I am sure be amazed to hear that I
didn’t win any prizes at all.
Nevertheless I am very happy because I had eight photos selected for
judging, so I am very pleased. My crate
of mysterious reindeer and my mating water monitors got quite a few votes, as
well they might! (But not enough to
win.)
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| The lighthouse at Telaga - so pretty! |
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