Gala Dinner, Belitung
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Tue 18 Oct 2016 22:57
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Gala Dinner,
Belitung
  Sunset
marked time to go in for the gala dinner and grand finale of our time in
Belitung.
 We all met in the bar and at seven
were escorted to the purpose built theatre,
beautifully laid out.
 The main
band were excellent – the lead singer sounded like Steve
Perry.
 Delicious
dinner. There was a table set up to ‘build your own soup’ and the ‘mains’
table of which there were two. Vegetables, rice, beef, stuffed crab, fish, prawn
crackers, pineapple and watermelon. On our table (Beez Neez, Hans and
Burney (Brahminy Too) and Mark and Helen (Coomera)) was a
plate of savoury rolls and sweet tarts. Then came a short speech of ‘welcome’
from the Regent translated by one of our guides. Mel replied with our thank you.
We cannot get over our personal welcome by each of the other rally participants
(Sail Indonesia as opposed to our Sail 2 Indonesia), officials and guides alike.
Thank you all.
 We
settled............
   .............to a
local band and dancers.
    Another
band and dancers. We all were invited to sing
Sailing and dance a bit.
  I was privileged to pose with one of the groups of stunning
ladies.
 Correct
position. Then I was asked to do an interview for a local radio station,
no sooner than I had finished that than a local newspaper wanted to ask
questions.
 Above us the Hunter’s Moon.
 Several crews then went to explore
together. Behind our venue was a thoughtfully placed mobile
‘Hole in the Wall’ for our use. The building beside
housed a clinic set up for the rally with a dedicated doctor in situ. How
touching is that. We had never ventured around the rest of the site, laid
out with a stage complete with band, many stalls and curios. Belitung is a
popular holiday and weekend destination for Indonesians especially the residents
of Java and Jakarta.
  Well another first, we couldn’t get
over this ‘pretty’ toilet van and all took its
picture.
   We never get too far without being asked to pose with all ages of people. Always happy
to do it, but, sometimes the cheeks get a bit sore.
  A shades
stand and yet another first, a water feature
set up by a stall on the beach.
 The best fun to watch was a chap
selling little metal boats. They were loaded, lit and
began to chug.
ALL IN ALL SIMPLY THE BEST
NIGHT IN INDONESIA
WONDERFUL, FRIENDLY, COLOURFUL – SIMPLY
BRILLIANT |