Sunday 5th January
2XS in Kuah
Pete rang
yesterday, from Kuah, the main town on Langkawi. He has left our safe little position in Rebak
marina and is now anchored alongside Screensaver and Settlement, within easy
reach of the dinghy dock in town. He
rang Mr Yeong from Multiquip, who had told him on Wednesday that the
long-awaited batteries were winging their way (heavily…) from Singapore and
that they would be there, no problems, on Saturday. But this was just a soothing little story…the
batteries aren’t there; they MIGHT be, on Monday… 2XS is due in Phuket on
Monday, 120 nautical miles away, to have the batteries installed by a trusty
team in one of the island marinas. Pete sounded
quite philosophical; he has been waiting/hoping for many weeks – he is used to
it!
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| waiting waiting |
Sea otters
Cheryl and Phil
(SV Adagio) spent a year in Edinburgh, when Cheryl managed to arrange an
exchange teaching position. They had a
most wonderful year, in spite of being on an Australian salary when the euro
was worth three times our poor beleaguered dollar.
During their
travels around Scotland, they spent a chilly afternoon hiding in a hide - where
else would one hide?? Patiently waiting
to see otters. They had been promised at
least one or two sea otters, but…nada.
So imagine their surprise, when they were in the filthy khaki waters of Danga Bay Marina, to find a whole family of sea otters, larger than life, frolicking on the sand piles not far from their boat. No need for a hide; the otters were very pleased and comfortable with their lot in life, and showed no hint of shyness.
I proudly
showed Cheryl my otter photo, which is really quite amazing in that it shows
the sand piles which are being dumped in huge quantities, and the high rise
building in the background which are being built at rapid speed on reclaimed
ground. She said that one of their boat
neighbours took a lovely otter photo, in which one of the otter was gracefully
arching its back. It was only on closer inspection that they realised the otter
was doing a great big poo…
Hobart
Meanwhile in
Tasmania…
The mountain is still beautiful.
My friends are still clever and crafty.
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| Pauline did this beautiful embroidery with her left hand... she is recovering from major surgery on her right elbow |
Cold climate flowers are blooming.
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