1st Tual Sunset
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Wed 20 Jul 2016 22:57
First Tual
Sunset
At a quarter past five we were
boarded by half a mini bus full of giggling, super friendly officials. Budhi
Toffi was first aboard – our Indonesian Del Boy equivalent. He presented his
card as being The Tourist Office and suggested we ring him for anything before
we tried anyone else. The office has a wonderful address – J.I.Jend. Sudiman,
Ohoijang-langgur, South East Maluku – Maluku – Indonesia. Meanwhile the
Immigration ladies were squealing in delight each time they had Bear use our big
stamp (the inaugural time for officialdom), after all was completed he was given
most of the pieces of paper back but he was pleased to have delighted them so.
The happy group, (well all except the standing man,
who just thrust his finger up toward the yellow ‘Q’ flag and lowered it smartly)
left after taking our pictures and some of the girl. The head man at the front
of the group had a smashing name – Herman.
Beez Neez, now happily
settled on a new continent with a clean Bill of Health.
I lost five four at backgammon but was
soon distracted by loads cheering and waving from the
incoming ferry.
Sunset
brought our first call to prayer. A pleasant sound, although amplified as if
they had borrowed speakers from the Rolling Stones........was soon joined by the
call from a nearby competitor and then another and then another. Now we were at
cacophony pitch with a local karaoke bar competing with a chap killing Words by
the Bee Gees only slightly overshadowed by his backing ‘doo-whoppers’. The
cockerel did not want to miss out, so he found his best point of vocalisation
and gave it stacks. What a welcome. Time for a celebratory drink, some nibbles
and an avocado dip over a game of Mexican train dominoes – I was
thrashed...........
ALL IN ALL SUCH SWEET, SMILEY
PEOPLE
SO FAR, A GRAND EXPERIENCE
GROMMIT |