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American Spirit II - Day 249; Jeremy Nance Joins the Crew and Charlie from Celebrate Holds a Party for Cathy; Thursday, September 11, 2014



I got up at 5:30 AM because I'd gone to bed so early, but then went back to sleep until 7:15 AM.



Breakfast at 8:30 AM was in the restaurant, with a selection of 'American' breakfast or 'Banana Pancakes' being the popular choices.



As Rally Control does whenever we're in port, they had their daily broadcast at 9:00 AM.



We walked into town and activated our local phones. We'd already bought a local SIM card of $5.00; and loaded 200,000 Rupiah of air time on each phone. That's $20.00 worth of air time. I think its $.60 per minute to call the US. More than in Fiji and Australia where it was $.15 per minute to call the US. The lady loading the phone didn't speak a word of English so the transaction was 'fun.'



Joel departed to the airport to pick up his son-in-law Jeremy Nance, whose flight came in at 11:35 AM. We were told that it takes 1 1/2 hours to get thru customs in Indonesia. When Joel got to the airport Jeremy had just cleared so the 'pick up' was quite quick, not the 1 1/2 hour wait we'd expected.



Back at the boat Jeremy unloaded his suitcases so we could get the parts we'd had him bring: 1/2 of a new auto pilot for the boat; 19 freeze dried dinners; carriage bolts, locking nuts and washers for the hydro generator bracket; cables for the auto pilot; and some other miscellaneous items. A good haul! Thank you Jeremy.



Jeremy then took a nap and at 5:00 PM we showered and then boarded a taxi for the trip to an exotic hotel where Charlie from Celebrate was hosting a birthday party for wife Cathy. We arrived early and had a buffet dinner in the hotel restaurant. It was exquisite and only cost $25.00. In the US the price would have been $100.00 to $125.00 apiece. Derry from Avocet, a boat from Ireland, joined us for dinner.



The party started at 8:00 PM and was a smashing affair. A roof top bar with lighted pools surrounding the bar area and with lighted 16 inch in diameter balls and pyramids floating in the water. Thank you Charlie and Cathy!



We took a cab back to the marina at 10:00 PM, arriving at 10:35 PM. Then to bed.



Brian Fox


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