Day 93 (Sun 8 Oct) - Quillon
Got up whilst the crew bustled around the boat getting it ready.
Traveled back via the same route. Thankfully the weather had brightened up from the previous day! As there were so many birds around Sarb decided to take a few photos of them ( [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] ). [ We are not birdyologist's so those of you that are please identify these birds for us by replying to this post! ]
Got back to the jetty, passing some small ferries, where we disembarked and went back to our lodgings. Freshened up, done some blogging and then had some beer at Hotel Sudarsan's.
Walked back to the jetty for our afternoon punt about 2.30ish. Met a mother and daughter, Helen and Julie from Vancouver, with whom we would be sharing the punt. They turned out to be a great companions to spend the afternoon with.
We were all bundled into car for the 45 minute drive to the punt. We were soon all on board and traveling through the most beautiful and serene waterways we'd ever been on ( [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [5] ).
Every now and then we all had to duck under very low foot bridges built across the waterways and push low hanging vegetation away. During the course of our journey, Helen who was sitting behind Sarb, politely coughed and said that 'He might have a little spider on the back'. Sarb froze and quietly weighed up his options. Luckily during his mental breakdown Jo simply flicked the spider off. Sarb didn't see it although Jo and Helen assured him that it was big (ie a couple of inches across type big).
Visited a smallholding that used coconuts for a variety of purposes. Were shown small coconuts drying so that they could be used for oil. Also had some coconut milk! The owners also kindly showed us their garden in which all manner of herbs and plants were growing, including a pineapple.
Traveled back through the peaceful waters until we neared the main channel where we first started. There was a right commotion as Snake boats hurtled by us practising for the coming boat race. Quite a sight.
Left the punt reluctantly and got the car back and we all wandered off to Hotel Sudarsans for a beer. On the way we pointed out to Helen and Julie the very large fruit bats flying overhead. They peered up and were amazed. These bats are HUGE! Easily 2/3 feet across. Anyway a passing local woman, for some unknown reason, took offence that we were watching the bats and insisted that they were in fact crows. Sarb admits to not being a batologist, but having watched numerous Batman films would swear that they were bats. However he is aggrieved that he has not managed to capture one on camera.
After our drink we wandered back to our hotel to change and then returned to the Hotel Sudarsans for dinner. Met up briefly with Julie and Helen again.
Dinner was ordinary after which we ambled through the strangely deserted streets back to our lodgings.
Traveled back via the same route. Thankfully the weather had brightened up from the previous day! As there were so many birds around Sarb decided to take a few photos of them ( [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] ). [ We are not birdyologist's so those of you that are please identify these birds for us by replying to this post! ]
Got back to the jetty, passing some small ferries, where we disembarked and went back to our lodgings. Freshened up, done some blogging and then had some beer at Hotel Sudarsan's.
Walked back to the jetty for our afternoon punt about 2.30ish. Met a mother and daughter, Helen and Julie from Vancouver, with whom we would be sharing the punt. They turned out to be a great companions to spend the afternoon with.
We were all bundled into car for the 45 minute drive to the punt. We were soon all on board and traveling through the most beautiful and serene waterways we'd ever been on ( [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [5] ).
Every now and then we all had to duck under very low foot bridges built across the waterways and push low hanging vegetation away. During the course of our journey, Helen who was sitting behind Sarb, politely coughed and said that 'He might have a little spider on the back'. Sarb froze and quietly weighed up his options. Luckily during his mental breakdown Jo simply flicked the spider off. Sarb didn't see it although Jo and Helen assured him that it was big (ie a couple of inches across type big).
Visited a smallholding that used coconuts for a variety of purposes. Were shown small coconuts drying so that they could be used for oil. Also had some coconut milk! The owners also kindly showed us their garden in which all manner of herbs and plants were growing, including a pineapple.
Traveled back through the peaceful waters until we neared the main channel where we first started. There was a right commotion as Snake boats hurtled by us practising for the coming boat race. Quite a sight.
Left the punt reluctantly and got the car back and we all wandered off to Hotel Sudarsans for a beer. On the way we pointed out to Helen and Julie the very large fruit bats flying overhead. They peered up and were amazed. These bats are HUGE! Easily 2/3 feet across. Anyway a passing local woman, for some unknown reason, took offence that we were watching the bats and insisted that they were in fact crows. Sarb admits to not being a batologist, but having watched numerous Batman films would swear that they were bats. However he is aggrieved that he has not managed to capture one on camera.
After our drink we wandered back to our hotel to change and then returned to the Hotel Sudarsans for dinner. Met up briefly with Julie and Helen again.
Dinner was ordinary after which we ambled through the strangely deserted streets back to our lodgings.
posted by Jo and Sarb at
10/08/2006 05:47:00 am
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Hey, that ferry beats the Woolwich ferry hands down!
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