Tanah Beru, Sulawesi
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Mon 22 Oct 2012 09:15
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05.32.096 S 120.21.488 E
Yes, we are moving west again; it is nice to sail
into the sunset. We had a pleasant trip from Bau Bau to Tanah Beru. We did
manage to sail some to the time, which made a very nice change from
motoring.
Just outside Bau Bau we saw an amazing spectacle of
spinner dolphins rounding up a fish ball, there must have been more than a
hundred dolphins.
Tanah Beru is famous for its boat building. They
build wooden boats on the beach; boats in all shapes and seizes and all
beautifully done. They build local boats as well as boats for the tourism
industry. We met an English young man who was building a 25m live aboard dive
boat. He invited us on board and we had a good look around; a hell of a lot of
varnish work!! But so nice to see a such a solid boat made out of wood. They use
many different types of wood.
Today we took the local transport to the next boat
building village; Bira. We did not see much boat building there, but it was
still interesting to see the harbour and they tourist trade (we saw no tourists
though).
Tomorrow we go to Makassar with one overnight stop
on the way.
 
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