Monday, July 27, 2015

Batoenderang, island Sangihe, Indonesia

Indonesia rally 2014

We heard through the grapevine that there was a rally organized in coalition with the Indonesian government, For this rally we sailed to Samal island, where the start of the rally was set for 3 september, the advantage is that the mountain of paperwork to visit Indonesia was all done by the organizers of the rally, and we had minimum cost, we only payed for the visa 
Our arrival in our first port in Indonesia was Sangihe, entry was quickly and simple.
Next day the local government had planned a trip with us on their coastguard vessel, to the south of the island, Batoenderang



Tahuna village, capital of Sangihe island, although you see the mosk, the islands majority is Christian.



Local boats bringing exited sailors to the Coastguard boat.


Government officials and press were also attending 


Local boats bring us over the reef to the village.


They ask me and Dave from Soggy Paws to walk with the VIP to the village receivers comity.
The man in the center (blue) is the vice regent of Sangihe,  


The village bamboe band, playing for us, all the instruments are made from bamboe.


Sailors trying to play the instruments.


The women from the village made an delicious buffet, lots of food I have never seen or eaten before.


The local handicraft.


After the meal, the men showed us the way of old day's traditional fishing, with a big net made from natural resources.


With this kind of fisching you need a lot of people in the water, to make the net smaller and smaller.


The catch was very poor.

After this event, they bring us back to Tahuna.







Monday, July 13, 2015

Kadayawan Festivals end of august 2014


Kadayawan Festival in Davao city, 

Only a mini bus drive(15min), a ferry ride (15 min), and a jeepney or taxi ride(30Min), and you are in the center of Davao City.
In august there is the Kadayawan festival, A three day feast of dance and singing, all the different Tribes from Mindanao want to give their  best performance  for this festival












There are plenty reporters, and all want to know, what a foreigner thinks about this festival. I gave plenty of interviews.


We booked a hotel for three day's, and the parade on Sunday came right by our hotel "Uno" 













The Durian Fruit, its the symbol of Davao city,, Its a very smelly fruit, you can smell it all over Davao, for me the taste is like onions with garlic together, When you eat durian, you enjoy it for hours.