Without our skipper around to crack the whip we seem to be late risers the past few mornings. I wake at day break (around 5.30) and get a couple of hours of reading in.
Today we decided to walk to the southern end of Tekek Village along the beach front so that we could cool off along the way if it became too hot. Two thirds of the way we had to rock climb to continue, if we didn't have cameras and phones with us we could have swam around this obstacle. Some of the rocks were huge and it became quite challenging in parts especially for petite Pauline, another phobia (heights) conquered. There looked to be a path up to the road which I went ahead to see if it was negotiable and all seemed good until I reached the road where the Jungle was very dense and full of "wait a while" vines.
Finally at our destination and into the sea to cool off. It was a very low tide and we could see why we had cold spots when swimming there a few days ago as there were several streams coming out from the mountainous jungle and this water was icy cold.
Revived and refreshed we continued along past the lush golf course and prestigious clubhouse as far as we could go ending up at the dive centre. We walked back through the extensive Bejaya resort , we noticed the room numbers were in the 400's. Stopped for a lemon ice tea at a chinese beachfront cafe before tackling the searing hot, tar melting road over the hill back into the main village street. We were amazed that it was 2.00pm already and feeling a little empty after our morning activity stopped at the Shady Bakery for a pizza and fresh blueberry donuts. Pauline and Neil discovered the donuts the previous day and we were hooked!
In the evening we invited Razz off Panthalassa, to join us for dinner at our restaurant. Razz had been back for a couple of days to Kuala Lumpar while Des took the gearbox for repairs back to Aussie. The restaurant was extremely busy with locals and mainlanders on holiday being the start of two weeks school holidays. One large group of about 30, had been eating there the past few nights and were celebrating one of the girls birthdays. The teenage girls about 16 were dressed it their finery and looked lovely. We joined in the "Happy Birthday" and our efforts were rewarded with some birthday cake.
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