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Adunara Island, Sagu bay

Saturday 11^th September 2010

After taking a shower, we motored around the corner into Sagu bay to anchor for the night.  This local ferryman came straight at us to take a look,

And promptly motored right in front of our bows!  It’s meant to bring them luck?

We dinghied over to the village to see if we could find a jetty for David to get ashore from.  No such luck, there’s an onion topped mosque, and a lot of rickety private jetties, but that was all.  We had hoped to find a taxi to take us up the volcano, but obviously we were on the wrong track!

The local boat we had anchored close to decided to move closer to the shore

Maybe they were afraid we might make too much noise?

But our afternoon siesta was soon interrupted by a visit from this young 15 year old boy and friends

After chopping open a couple of the coconuts we had been given from the previous island, he offered to take us ashore to go to the market, as he was on his way there too

He was dropping off these gerry cans in which he had bought water from this local village, his village  obviously having none

We were too late for the market, but I bought a bottle of fruit squash and a packet of biscuits for them to share.  The young boys caught sight of us, despite the fact that they were in the middle of a football match, and ran after us to have their photo taken.  A quick retreat back to Ankor’s boat allowed me a distant shot of them as they waved us goodbye from the beach!

It was a quiet night, not like the night before, which I suppose was to be expected, being Friday, the Muslim Sabbath.  There were three lots of people chanting the Koran at 6 a.m. and at 6p.m.

What better morning sunrise than this one behind the volcano?