The day ended with a time record broken
The day followed by a visit to the brastagi market
the dinner BBQ! whee!
the jetty & diveboat at our doorstep
The kids are a happy bunch
The late night was spent at the jetty..
the light rain didn't drench our BBQ one bit
The Medan Rotary Center
The media race event
the Mersing jetty
The night was spent at the brastagi highland resort
The pastor of the orphanage
The patients are all locked up in long houses, while the ones deemed normal are allowed to roam the area
The primary classrooms
the railings are a popular place for drying of BCs
the sky's ideally clear, waters not to choppy
the stand-by us-ers with Lisa's Dad
The Tamil Temple Visit
the tides always goes in during the night
the waves slooshing on low tide
the wind blowing, trees swaying in the background
their basic grooming are cared for
there Charcoal and Diesel grills!!
There Dr wilson gave us a tour and practises the hospital has in treating and handling mental patients.
There we get to interact with the orphans/single parent (all very low income)
there we lots of conjestions
There, we tried the local steam/roasted corn delicacy
Theres even awards for best looking, innovative rafts.
theres horses, not to mention loads of natural landmines everywhere
Theres more than enough for everyone!(as Uncle George claims!)
theres no obligation to dangle $8k of camera over the water too
they even have kayaks (which we don't find a need of either!)
They work, farm for a living and to keep the orphanage operations alive
tide's still low
till the next raft event!
till Uncle George came with his Uber pistol grip diving light!
Timers ready
Titantic flying stance anyone?
totally rocks man!
tracks won the 1st position again!
under groups can get rather crowded at times
underwater rope decent
up to Brastagi Highlands!
Visit to the local wet market
wat else can we do?
we can easily see the rock formations & buoy lines from the jetty
we celebrated Ann's early birthday with an opening by the rotary president
we couldn't stop taking pictures here...
we had a rewarding meal at the end of the long day...
we have races not only on local opens, but international opens as well