Telaga Date Night
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sat 9 Feb 2019 23:57
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Telaga Date Night   It was so lovely to see Beez
looking so lovely at anchor and spuddling off on Baby Beez
in past the local squid boats.
   Final trigger
finger of Malaysia in front of the Immigration building - had to be done. Absolutely, absolutely indeed.
   Off we went in a taxi to the airport
for me to change the last of our Wingnuts (Ringgits) to US dollars and then for
the last time to Hoon’s (actually called P.L. Soon’s but I have always called it
Hoon’s so there we are). A few treats for Bear and a few necessary bits and bobs
collected in a flash. Talking flash – our elderly Chinese taxi driver cut quite
a dash in his quite pointed white shoes, very flash
compared to Bear’s yellow Crocs....... Back aboard Bear
settled to his blue cheese treat with a glass of
red, the cheese was one pound twenty. Why didn’t
you get yourself a bit of brie, because it was six quid, so no I got
chewy sweets for my treat.
 Late afternoon we spuddled back, this
time through Telaga Marina and on to the far side
where we knew a great bar with great food. First though, we bimbled to the
chandlery for some two-stroke oil and once Bear was settled with a beer and I
had sipped some Sprite and Tiger mix shandy, I went off to do my
stomps.
   I followed the path toward the
lighthouse passing more squid boats, many had their
owners on board readying for the night ahead. A very haphazard, carefully owned
shelter and more brightly painted boats. Families were fishing from the bank and
greeted me warmly. The Malaysians have been such a friendly, warm and helpful
people – we will miss them – but time to move on, on the morrow.
  KHS 5495
has real style with a terrific monochrome of “you-know-who”.
  More getting ready to go
off for the night.
  At the far corner I could see
Beez tucked behind a catamaran and just
visible as I passed the lighthouse.
 Back in the square full of eateries
and shops, I passed this beautiful cerise
bougainvillea – in flower, so of course I had to ‘borrow’ some seeds to
take with us to the Caribbean where we hope to grow some beauties that will
drape over the carport.
  In the next pot a white and a pink had been grafted and I found a clutch of
mixed leaves, had to harvest a few seeds. Rude not
to.
  I had done two thousand stomps aboard
and by the time I had got back to Bear I had done a couple more. Grateful my
shandy was waiting for me, I told our sweet waitress that I had to do one more,
by the time I returned I had another beer waiting. Bless her. Still shy on
numbers, I went again and as Bear saw me on the final lap he put in our order.
Lamb shank with real mash, vegetables and real mushroom gravy. I instantly made
a well in my mash and Bear looked
all cheesy. Heavenly. Indeed.
  Before I knew it my mouth said please
may I have chocolate brownie (came with chocolate ice
cream) and please may I have an extra dollop of vanilla ice cream........ As it
was put in front of me I told our waitress “no calories” and she giggled. Bear
had apple tart and ice cream.
 Slipped down too smoothly and full to
bursting we headed down the ramp back to Baby Beez. We bimbled by many
more bougainvillea that willingly gave up some of
their flowers as I had swept by. Mmmmm. Back
to Beez Neez for a swim, a game in the cockpit and a drink as we
watched our final Malaysian sunset.
 ALL IN ALL A LOVELY WAY TO
END OUR TIME IN MALAYSIA
VERY ENJOYABLE
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