We had a bit of a sleep in and then after breakfast we
headed into shore to go and check out the Medana Bay marina. After checking out
the facilities, services and the prices, we headed back out to Sirocco to
gather all our laundry to take back to the beach.
Back at the sailfish café, we
enjoyed a drink and a feed while we chatted with other cruisers and then we
organised to rent a motorbike to go and check out the surrounds.
The marina harbour is a quite exposed from the north but its
in quite a nice location. The jetties and facilities are a little tired and
dated, but clean and tidy. You can get hauled out here and they have dry
storage, but the haulage fees are very expensive.
When our washing was done, we took it back to Sirocco and
hung it out, then headed back to pickup the motorbike. After leaving the marina
grounds we headed off in a counter clockwise direction. Everywhere you looked
there was massive damage from the recent earth quake and every house or shop
was being rebuilt or repaired.
The government buildings were just bunted off and left in
disrepair. We went as far as the Gili Islands and as we have been to this area
before we decided to turn around and head back the other way. After cruising
around sight seeing for a couple of hours, we headed back to the marina. We
chatted with the other cruisers for a while and then I decided to head back out
to Sirocco and go for a dive on the outer reef.
The wind was blowing quite strong and even though I went a
long way out to the outer reef, the visibility was terrible and the coral was
even worse. I tried another location closer in and that was just as bad, so I
headed back to Sirocco.
After dinner, we headed back to the sailfish café for drinks
with all the other cruisers until late in the evening.
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