July 17, 2023
We’re in Ternate (ter-nah-tey). Here:
And we have (mostly) full fuel tanks and fuel jugs, thanks to these two great guys…
They brought us 250 liters of diesel in ten big jugs.
They we had the pleasure (read: hard work and mess) of transferring it into Legacy. And, oh yeah, just when we started, the rain also started.
Despite the mostly minor mess, this was so much easier than our last fill-up in Indonesia. In Sorong, it took three days and three kind-of-expensive trips in a van to a gas station with our jugs. It seems that at least in this part of Indonesia, fuel docks aren’t a practiced concept.
I think I’ll also mention here that it seems we finally found a city we like in Indonesia. The scenery and the people in Indonesia have been amazing. The cities-not so much. We’ve only been here two days but we already like it.
There’s a shopping mall that had Cyndi near tears of joy. We found a pretty nice supermarket where we were able to get much of what we needed. And the “dinghy dock” is much nicer than anything we’ve experienced so far in Indonesia.
We’re going to hang out here until we get weather to make about a 150-mile passage west to Bitung. It looks like it’ll be about ten days until this strong southerly wind abates. We have to get to a check-in city like Bitung to renew our visas before the August 5th. I think we’ll make it. In the meantime, it’s restaurant meals for us! – Rich
