Elebits?
22 May 2016 | Kuala Terengganu
Wednesday 18 May 2016
Well color me green and call me an olive, received an email that Duyong Marina has taken delivery of winch motor gearbox shipped from UK. Heading there now to arrive around noon.
- Later
Not only the motor, but here's the engine controller too. It just appeared. Like magic. Somebody buy me a Lotto ticket.
Friday
Crystal Mosque is a 5 minute dinghy ride from Anthem and built over the river. Made of crystal and glass, the myriad facets reflect light and make it sparkle. At night it's lit in alternating red, blue and green like a Christmas tree.. err, well anyway it's very impressive. If a photo shows up on the blog that would also be impressive.. and magic.
Saturday
Elephants (if you're under 3 they're hephalumps) are way cool. A sanctuary west of here takes in babies that would otherwise die because their mothers have been killed. Apparently the herd abandons them. This is not quite as easy as saving stray kittens. They're tamed, trained and can never return to a wild state, but outside of a relatively small developed area the compound is 60 hectares (a hectare is almost 2.5 acres or 10,000 Sq. meters) of natural forest with a beautiful river running through. We helped them have a bath in a river pool where they lay down, let us play with them and showed their impish side by spraying us with water (perhaps that was mischievous handlers). They're friendly, very large, grey puppies and only occasionally trample someone (Malaysia is blessed with few lawyers). Jan bought a small elephant for a gift. As the creature will be living with rabbit in the interim, this creates a potentially disastrous situation. Any appearance of bunniphants and there will be hell to pay.
Sunday
Cleared out of Malaysia this morning promising required same day departure by 1800. Regrettably, a maintenance issue (TBD as necessary) will keep us in the marina, plugged in, with air conditioning until tomorrow morning. Living to the letter of the law is so difficult - especially when the opportunity to get caught is minimal.
Jack