To Pulau Rubiah

Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 15 Feb 2019 23:47
To Pulau Rubiah
 
 
 
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The last couple of days have been spent largely chillin’, catching up with blogs, a perfect set of boiled eggs, no events and Bear adjusted the alternator belt. I did have to fight with internet fraud – how dare I try to pay our credit card bill – bless our bank and their vociferous security. This morning Bear nipped ashore to check on the diesel situation, bought a pawpaw, some bananas and me a little present of a small watermelon. After a lunch I broke the dry couple of days I have suffered with not only a backgammon win but a sequence win as well. Growling.
 
 
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The scene ashore (in front of us), today is Friday so many prayers and Call to Prayer.
 
 
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At ten to two we left our mooring buoy for the just shy of five mile trip across to Pulau Rubiah. As we passed Sabang Quay we saw that 538 had left leaving Silver Seas 2 all on her own.
 
 
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Rubiah holds the promise of some decent snorkelling.
 
 
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Behind us, Sabang, the lighthouse just visible – the little white stick toward the left.
 
 
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Tucked behind Rubiah, to our right the island we just left behind.........
 
 
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Our track across. Thanks to Google Maps it becomes obvious that Pulau Weh is horseshoe-shaped.
 
 
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Buildings to our right.
 
 
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Many local boats at the end of the anchorage.
 
 
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We chose a spot with the tourist snorkel area (beyond the buoyed line), with the village to our left.
 
 
 
ALL IN ALL CUTE PLUS THE PROMISE OF SNORKELLING
                     A TINY HOP