MO goes Around the World

Sabang, Indonesia

The 19th country of the World Cruise. Sabang is a small fishing town with a Dutch colonial past and connections to WW II.

Joe and I and our Canadian friends Carol and Greg hired a taxi driver.

A busy market day prior to the Eid-Al-Fitr three-day holiday to celebrate the end of Ramadan

The celebration is also known as “Sweet Eid” because of the amount and variety of sweet dishes consumed on this occasion celebrating the happy end of Ramadan
We went to Freddie’s, a local hotel and restaurant on the beach
The view from the restaurant. Carol snorkeled while the rest of us enjoyed a local beer.
“Inside” the restaurant
These bungalows at RedDoorz have a 4.9 Google rating and rent for US$11. a night
The ship from a high point
An explanation of the Japanese occupation and bunkers
A bunker

When we arrived back at the ship there wear tents of local crafts. I found batik silk fabric. What makes batik so special?  Batik techniques, traditional imagery, and symbolic motifs have played an important role in Indonesian culture for centuries. In ancient Javanese communities, different batik motifs could be used to signal social status, celebrate nature, honor virtues, or record history. Three meters of batik silk was USD $30.

Here’s the pattern I chose:

Back at the ship, one friend had leftover local currency. So Carol and I hired a tuk tuk driver to take us back to town to spend it.

We managed to spend Ginette’s money. And on the way back to the ship saw this:

A very large jellyfish

A full day with friends exploring a new place and making new friends.

Marianne Harris

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