Paradise Found?

It's official.

Our ship will be anchored off Teluk Semangka, and will be a storage tanker
for a long time.

It will be doing STS operations with other smaller gas carriers from time to
time.



But Guys!

Teluk Semangka is awesome!



(Teluk = Bay in Bahasa Indonesia (or Malay which is identical))



We are in this bay, anchored about 5 miles off a small village.

Small as in 'I see thatched rooftops, zinc sheet roofs and lazy fishermen
everywhere '.that kind of small.

We are surrounded by dense forests and lush greenery and mist laden
mountains.

The water is mirror flat and smooth and calm, occasionally breaking into
gentle ripples.

There are small dinghy-dory boats which carry produce like jackfruits,
bananas, pineapples and coconuts and come to your ship.

I mean, jackfruits delivered right to your doorstep! How cool is that?

But the locals in the boats are more interested in fishing than selling
their wares to us.



Just give me internet access, and I think I'll live here forever.

But then I'll have to marry a local girl, learn fishing and gutting it and
stuff.

But I think I can make it.

Learning to eat the dead cooked fish will be the hardest part though.

But I think my wife will teach me how to.

If not, when I'm hungry, love will keep me alive.



If not, I have my jackfruits and banana.

(Did you notice the double entendre or should I smack it on your face for
you to notice?)

Har Har!



The sights are awesome!

Trust me.

You'll fall in love too.



(If you happen to go to Google Earth and look up Teluk Semangka, you'll find
me on a big blue ship anchored just off land, shirtless, tanned, smiling and
waving at you)




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