Bali to Nongsa to Singapore
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Mark & Helen Syrett
Wed 21 Nov 2012 02:01
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This is a catch up on the photoraphs. We do not
have many of Bali as our stay was cut short but there are a few.
Whilst Mark was away Helen took Camelot to Jimbaran
Beach with Camelot to watch the sun go down and enjoy a fish supper
  We went to Sanur Beach for lunch and a massage and
saw many of the traditional Bali fishing skiffs
 We left Bali to sail to Singapore
 passing the fishermen fishing in the rising
tide
 As described before the passage was not good but
the arrival of the fishing boat on a flat calm morning was a
highlight
 The photograph shows the string of lights running
fore and aft that light the waters on either side of the boat whilst they
fish.
The skipper was very adept at maoeuvring his boat,
keeping the booms out of the way, whilst the transfer of diesel, fish and
booze took place
   With fuel tanks replensished we motored on to
Nongsa Point crossing the Equator returning to the Northern hemisphere at 09
degrees 05 minutes East.
  a small robin like bird hitched a lift
 and in the early morning we passed a moored oil rig
as we went up the Selat Riau towards Nongsa Point
 Nongsa was a clean, efficient marina opposite
Singapore
 Henry, Livie, Rufus and Kit came over from
Singapore and Henry was soon put to work cleaning the barnacles off the prop
 whilst Livie looked after the boys
 We sailed/motored the following morning across the
Straits and while most were determined not to miss a bit of the action some
caught up on lost sleep
 we had to check in at Western Quarantine and
Immigration----we called them up on the VHF and were soon approached by a high
speed patrol boat
 the papers were transferred to and fro by
net
 and then having received clearance we motored into
the ''Marina at Keppel Bay'' passing a yacht with helicopter (wrapped up) on
board
 The next evening we walked through the newly
created ''Gardens by the Bay''. This has been built on reclaimed land that
cannot be developed with high rise buildings for 25 years so as to allow the
land to stabilise. The large metal edifices (known locally as giant trees) were
covered in plants/trees growing and stretching ever upwards and linked by raised
walkways
 There was even a restaurant at the top of one of
them
 we went to the top (57 floors) of the Marina Sands
Hotel (the flat top is shaped like a ship) for a drink
 and the views were amazing. It had an infinity
swimming pool
 and the view to the south showed the Gardens and
domes (like the Eden Project in Cornwall) on the reclaimed land with the
shipping at anchor in the background
 they even put on a light show for us whilst we had
supper at at a Thai restaurant looking back across towards the hotel.
 None of this development had been started or even
contemplated when Henry and Livie came out to Singapore 5 years
ago!
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