Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Wed 3rd, Satonda, somewhere remote

Who'd have thought that our trip would pass towers, 3 in sight atm. 
Our boat is named "the camping boat" with good reason! It sleeps 8: Swiss man, Californian couple, oz born but bali-living mum and 12yo daughter, and Austrian guide, plus 4 crew. 
We set off late Monday arvo, into rough conditions, choppy, windy and rain squalls, with constant spray. Hmmm. We both hit the drugs early, so maybe they helped? Ian stayed firmly on deck, I ventured below 3 times to retrieve essentials from our hot, stuffy, diesel-fumed cabin, and threw up 3 times after. Positive? I'd had a bout of (TMI) the day before and had eaten v little so only erupted from 1 end and bugger-all in my tummy to come out. It was a long, uncomfortable night. Positive? Ian and I lucked into the only dryish bit on deck, and others gradually went below, we had a few extra paper-thin bedrolls and beanbags to pad the hard wooden deck.
This island has been bought by a Balinese man, with an Eco-resort slowly under construction. Great snorkelling, huge volcanic salt water lake in centre for canoe,sailboat....




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