02.50.24N 104.09.49E Tioman
arkouda
barry latchford
Sat 20 Mar 2010 04:13
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Saturday 20th March
Well, we made it up to Palau Tioman in the teeth of
the NE monsoon, which is supposed to be over, but eerr, not quite. Overnight at
Pulau Tinggi then a nice tough beat with 25+ knots to arrive Tioman.
Where the newly built marina just isn't big enough for Arkouda, nowhere to turn
her round, and the bays miniscule. A 42ft mono is about the biggest you can
get in here. So, anchoring off, enjoying the local food and some snorkeling and,
yep, about to hit the duty free shops - in the rain. (and boy, is it raining!
something to do with being in the shadow of a 3500 ft mountain, so that's
why they call it rain forest....)
But this doesn't look like home for the off
season, just too small, so it looks like we might head back down to Puteri
for a secure base. Oh, the 'we' - No1 son and John the Mad Scouser joined in
Sebana. So of course, we're fast running out of beer - hence the duty free
trip!
More anon....
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