Ranjuni Village
CuriousOyster
Steve & Trish Brown
Sat 3 Sep 2011 22:56
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One of the reasons for visiting the more remote
islands is to see for ourselves
how the people live, where they acquire the food
they survive on, what schooling
they have and also to find out what
difficulties they face each day
We visited the very small island of Ranjuni,
that sits on a reef in the Bone Rate
archipelago, hundreds of miles from the mainland
and no immediate islands
from which they can obtain supplies. They
fish daily and trade for rice and
cereals with Makassar in the north and Flores in the south.
As we neared the beach the children of the
village came running to greet us,
they were friendly, helpful
and very excited
to see us
 We had all taken various supplies for the school
which, considering how remote
the island is, we found to be very
well equipped, the children knew some basic
English and all
were interested in us and where we had come from, a lot of the
time the older siblings carry the younger ones
around with them as they play.
Indonesia is one of the main clothing manufacturers
and the boys are often
seen in football shirts, this guy is an Arsenal fan
by the look of it
 The older ones could ask our names and tell us
a little about their island
 Children always like to have their photo
taken
 We realised that there was a new boat under
construction, it was being built
in the old rib and plank style (without any plans)
from local teak - once finished,
it was
likely to have a single cylinder diesel
engine fitted
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