After breakfast I did quite a few boat jobs while Putu was
busy cleaning. We got all our jobs done, bags packed, flights and transfers
booked and so we could finally relax a bit until our sea taxi was ready to take
us to Lombok at 17:00.
Yesterday I spent a couple of hours in the water cleaning
the water line and hulls, getting off all the Kimberly grime and marks and she
was looking pretty bloody good, so today I enlisted the help of half a dozen
guys to wash down and polish both the topsides and the hull sides while I went
and checked out the pool.
At around AUD$16/h I thought it was good value and money
well spent. The pool was beautiful and cool and refreshing, but after a while I
was feeling guilty, so I went back to the boat to see how the workers were
going. They were doing a good job and I got them some cool drinks even though
they had hardly worked up a sweat.
While at the boat we had a surprise visit by Michael and Liz
from Cosmic Drift who we met several times during our recent Kimberly trip. We
chatted for a while and then we all decided to go back to the pool for a drink
or two.
The beach and grounds of the marina were very clean and tidy thanks to the efforts of the ground's keeper, but typical for Indonesia the adjoining beaches and area around the facility were covered in rubbish and it was sad to see.
It was nice to see Michael and Liz again, but around 16:30 we had to wish them goodbye and go and get ready to head off to Bali. At 17:00 a small boat took us across the channel to Tembowonh Harbour where our driver was waiting to take us to the airport. It took about an hour to get to the airport and it was an interesting drive, arriving in the dark.
After a short flight across to Bali, we were picked up by
Putu’s cousin and takin to Klungkung where we stayed with Putu’s parents. It
was nice to rest up for a bit as we had to check in for our flight around 05:00,
so it was going to be a very long day tomorrow as we fly back home to Perth.
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