Wakatobi - Photos
JJMoon Diary
Barry and Margaret Wilmshurst
Thu 24 Sep 2009 06:46
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Wakatobi - Photo
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Independence day celebrations at
Wangi Wangi
  There were three days when
we experienced the Independence Day celebrations in Wangi Wangi and
these featured mainly marching. Being enthusiastic supporters the
yachties offered to join in and were accepted with much appreciation.
Little did we realise that it was 7 kilometres of marching taking some two hours
in the blazing sun. Nor were we well rehearsed and the best way of
describing us was a rather bizarre Dad's army. We couldn't get our
left, right, lefts in time for very long but the halting was a comedy cartoon
act where we concertinaed into each other. We were told later that it was
shown on TV that night and the uncle of the person telling us apparently was
crying with laughter. Hmmmm!
 The fleet is in
and preparing to march.
  Day
3 featured the main celebration on the football pitch. We were given
honoured seats and here we see the crew from Troubadour, Stuart and Annabelle, a
little bit of England, sitting next to the girls' choir. The second photo
shows a boys' school, part of the parade, where discipline is just beginning to
weaken. It was a long wait in the sun.
  1.
Presenting the colours to be raised
2. Two of the
marching groups' majorettes, beautifully attired high stepping lasses but I kept
thinking of pantomime characters such as Dick Whitington from Puss in
Boots.
A trip out and
about
  On taking a tour
around Wangi Wangi we stopped to photograph seaweed harvesting and drying.
This is a new industry started some 7 years ago. The seaweed is used in
cosmetics.
  We visited a
site where a small resort is being built. As ever we were accompanied by
the kids. Their toys are not many and the simple hoop from old bicycle
tyres or simply climbing a tree are part of their pleasures.
 We visited this
village near the market in Wangi Wangi where the houses are built round canals,
the whole influenced by the tides.
  1. Our
restaurant, dinghy dock and home space on Wangi Wangi
2. Timo and
Linda row home to their yacht Sisu, Linda displaying her new parasol bought at
Wangi Wangi market.
On to Hoga
We eventually
left the pleasures of a fairly active life on Wangi Wangi for a bit of a rest on
Hoga. There is very little on Hoga besides a research centre described in
the blog, a very small resort and restaurant and a small dive centre.
Gertrude, a lovely Dutch lady, runs the dive centre and has lived on the island
for 15 years.
  1. The pleasures
of dining on the beach. 2. And even cinema on the beach
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