Lingeh Bay to Riung

Leaving Waecica Beach we next anchored at Lingeh Bay.
Here we were visited by two kids, sister and younger brother,in a canoe,who paddled well over a mile to come and say hello.

soccer ball  in the canoe-time to go

They hung off the stern,and asked where we had come from and going to.We asked them about schooling and the village. Then I remembered that my nephew had left on board,a plastic soccer ball ,  which he had had a couple of years ago in KK. This we donated to the young chap, who was made up with it.It was far more of a problem to come up with something suitable for his sister, in the end the best we could do, which in reality was probably akin to forbidden fruit , was some chocolate bars.

Just on sunset, as the fishing canoes were setting off for the night ,we had one more visitor, a chap in his 50s paddled by and asked if we had a hat/cap. Unfortunately, due to natural attrition through out the trip to date, we did not have a spare, then he opted for a book, so he left with Stewart Grainger's biography! The local village here seemed to be Christian.

Next anchorage  was Riung.
A  pleasant anchorage , just off the village beach and jetty,which made access ashore a breeze. It's a regular stop for the rally which sails through Indonesia, so they were used to yachts anchoring off.
Deceptively large village, complete with ATMs, a village market, from whence we departed with bananas , mangoes, greens and a few vegetables to top up supplies. and a couple more balls which we purchased to pass on at another anchorage if  we had more visitors who would appreciate them. Dinner ashore on the beach at Rico Rico.

streetscape- solid fencing though.

Ssters- inquisitive and keen to talk to us in English, they even helped us ashore from our dinghy.

Spider boat- up close. this is what they fish from,and boy are they fast.

and even closer.