August 24, 2023
This was taken last night from our cockpit while at anchor off of the city of Manado…
Anyone who knows us knows that we’re in heaven. And it’s not just these places that are nearby. There’s also a Baskin-Robins 31 Flavors, about a billion great restaurants, laundry, fuel (via jugs), street food, food trucks and more.
To avoid Pollyannaism here are the negatives: There’s loud music at all hours and a very deep and rolly (for two hours a day while the wind goes onshore) anchorage. The music isn’t as bad as the 4:30 am call to prayer was from the mosques at other anchorages. We don’t really hear that here. The dinghy landing is also marginal, but our standards for acceptable have lowered dramatically since we’ve been in Eastern Indonesia!
-Well fed Rich
