Benan Island 3 - All Alone - 5 Nov 2015

Tashi Delek
Mike & Carol Kefford
Thu 5 Nov 2015 10:26

00:28.04N 104:26.74E

 

Over the next couple of days the fleet all left Benan, either for Singapore or to go to Tanjung Pinang, the last official stop and the final place to check out of Indonesia.  We stayed behind in Benan until it was time to begin moving north to Singapore.  BJ’s team in the restaurant looked after us superbly, arranging for fresh vegetables and fruit to be brought from Tanjung Pinang for us, getting our laundry done, providing cold beers and also ice for our gin and tonics aboard the yacht and cooking our evening meal each night.  We were invited to watch a dance rehearsal ( and get roped in to join the dancing afterwards!) and lots of different people came to the restaurant each evening to talk with us.  The doctor, the naval rep on the island, a project manager building a small resort on the island and several local tourists from Batam Island.  We had loads of children come and spend an afternoon practicing English with us and several groups come out to see the yacht.  We have been made amazingly welcome and could not have chosen a better place to have to spend a few days waiting.

 

BJ’s Restaurant

Tashi Delek all alone

 

Ria, Johnny, BJ and Uji

Everyone aboard TD