Juara Beach on west side of Tioman Island
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Turtle Sanctuary......one of the volunteers there took us on a tour!!
A very small waterfall
View of Tioman Bay and our anchorage....barely see Mystic on the right!!
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Gorgeous sunset
View of the Bay from top of the mountain
Mystic Moon relaxing in the Bay
That's our home!!!!
Beautiful town of Tarempah Anambas Islands Indonesia
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Just love to watch these dhow style cargo and fishing boats
Impressive Chinese temple overlooking the Bay
Scenes from the harbor and wharf
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Kathy with some children at the market......"halo Auntie"
Three very friendly women at the cafe where they served cold beer and nasi goreng, fried rice........they laughed quite hard when I reacted to how spicy hot it was.....they made it extra mild for the tourist:))))
Our first anchorage as we start our tour of the over 200 islands....Setuju
Panoramic view of the anchorage
Lots of granite boulders on the hills and along the shores
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A backpacker couple spent the night on the beach
On our way to anchorage #2.....Mandariau Darat......it was a bit breezy that day
Leaving Setuju......Moon Lite riding smoothly behind!!!
View of more islands
Mandariau Darat
We saw many of these fish platforms....called Bagan.......used to catch squid (chumi) and white bait at night......just fascinating
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Four rafted up for the day
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Heading out at dusk
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They boiled the chumi....small squid.....we think to preserve
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Nice man but very little English
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All lit up for the night's work
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Moonrock Lagoon.....one of our favorites.....got in several excellent scuba dives
Moonrock.....aptly named by Captain Blake...it glows in the moon light
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Lovely beach......we had a bonfire one night with 2 other boats!!!
Leaving Moonrock Lagoon
At Penjending anchorage this boat traded a bag of squid for some sodas and cookies!!!
Fresh calamari......some of the best we have eaten!!!
Of course, the galley took a beating....Bad Bob would be soooo proud of Kathy:)))
Leaving Penjending......we had some strong winds for about a week....but no rain....sunny and hot!!!
Someone building a nice holiday home!!
A small village at Bajau North.....lots of people came by smiling and yelling "halo mister"!!
View into the channel
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We woke up one morning to this man fishing by Mystic in his canoe......very friendly!!!
Back in Tarempah to escape the winds and some excruciatingly slow internet
Our favorite market!!
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The fish market....some squid but mainly small tuna
Big cuttlefish
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The village at Telaga North
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We had a lovely snorkel off this island
A local man and his son came by for a visit.....we gave him a new snorkel mask and his son some cookies.....all smiles!!
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Lovely beach......note the storm clouds.....it would rain over the next week or so!
Another very friendly man with broken English...we had a lovely visit.....and gave him some new fins!!!
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Small island off Ayam anchorage....Kathy saw 3 large turtle nests on the beach
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Another storm approaching
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Practicing our "fixing things in exotic places".....replacing this 300 amp alternator
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Beautiful rainbow
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Sunset at Ayam island....one of our favorite anhcorages!!!
View of the bay at Pedang Melang
Panoramic view
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View from the beach
Panormaic view
Lovely village at sunset
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Kathy collecting treasures!!
A plate of "Gonggong"....boiled baby-conch!!
Yummers!!!
Beautiful sunset back in Tarempah
Kathy and Elvina, a very friendly local tour guide who helped us check out
The fuel tank...held 1000 liters
Fraizan......a very enterprising young man
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Some happy guys!!!
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Once again doing hot yoga in the engine room.....replacing a failed Cummin's starter
The new starter......and it works!!!!
Leaving the lovely Anambas Islands
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