Poorly day

03.11.11

Unfortunately Martin wasn't well today. So I kept him company

in the morning and then went for a little wander around

PadangBai in the afternoon, which doesn't take long.

I walked along the beach to the Gilli fast cat harbour and then

turned right away from the beach, past small bars and

restaurants. Then left down a small residential street, which

must have had 4 or 5 small temples down the one road. Outside

one a group of men were making a long flag-like decoration

out of long grass and hanging from weaved creations and flowers.

Two of these stood either side of the entrance to a temple.

At the end of this road I turned left back towards the main

harbour, whihc was as busy as yesterday. Then before entering

the harbour I turned right down a small street, to try and find

the turning I had read would lead to a secluded beach. Along

this road there were lots of stalls and warungs and of course

another temple, where followers were taking baskets of

offerings. The dress of the women reminded of something a

Geisha would wear. They wore colourful sarongs, a white

blouse with a coloured sash. Their hair was pulled back in

a bun and they had flowers in their hair.

A short distand up the road I found the turning I presumed

lead to the beach, for tomorrow, so began walking back

towards the beach. This time I went down a different right

turn to walk further along the beach. Lining the beach

of PadangBai are loads of fishing boats. There were also

lots of chickens/cockerals in dome shaped cagessat on the beach

next to the boats, no sure of the significance!

Anyway I didn't want to be too long, so went back to see how

Martin was feeling. That night he felt up to braving

a simple dinner so we went to Topi Inn for dinner, which

offered a really good Indonesian and Western menu, a really

nice atmosphere and wifi.