And I got a boat...

It's fast :) And ugly, dirty, scratched and yellow.

Looks like I'm more or less stuck in the Togean islands. In a good way, very good way. But as we are speaking of islands, the transportation is more or less only with boats. Unless you want to try out some jungle roads with a scooter.

After Lembeh I met up with Elly in Gorontalo and we went to check out a speed boat in Tilamuta. A local mechanic found a good engine and the boat was more or less a present, if I decide to make the buy. And why not, I do need a vehicle if the public boats are not running or I just want to visit a beach by myself while staying in Wakai. And the price was more than reasonable. And I've never had a boat, unless a rowing boat counts. And girls need toys. Enough reasons!

The mechanic checked & cleaned up the motor before we took off from Tilamuta towards the islands. Pffff. A bit scared, first time doing the long trip in a small boat and the waves do tend to get quite big. We spent the night in hammocks in a small island in front of Tilamuta and left early in the morning. All good, engine worked and after 6 hours we arrived in Malenge. Short lunch break and forward towards Wakai.

So now I have a boat. It already made some money bringing tourists to Katupat but now I have to put in on ”dry dock” as it looks just as old as it is. It needs some boat make up, badly. Or maybe I'll fix it to a dive boat as I just started with dive master training :) More about that later...

Arrived in Wakai :)

Bunaken

Lazy me. But again I haven't really been doing much in the last month, just hanging around in Wakai, Bomba and Malenge. This time also with finnish people. Why are they so much nicer when you meet them abroad?

And another finnish person was coming over, Tanja got 10 days off from work and came over to Bunaken and Lembeh for some diving. Yea. Finally a reason to upload some photos. Lazy writer rather speaks with photos...

We stayed 4 nights in Bunaken, but I did only 3 dives (somebody is short on money, please send me some!). We took bungalows at Panorama, a great place, fantastic food and dive guides with magic eyes. Highly recommended! And go to see mating mandarines :)