July 2008
Well here it is a month later and what a month it has been! The experiences have been overwhelming! We very quickly settled into our "funny little bamboo marina" in Pepe's Yard at dry Dock and proceded to get to know the personalities and life stories of our fellow boaties as well as the local Filippinos working at Pepe's. There were many Australian and other boaties from NZ England and even Austria. Some were having refits done and some of us were sheltering during the typhoon season.
Well here it is a month later and what a month it has been! The experiences have been overwhelming! We very quickly settled into our "funny little bamboo marina" in Pepe's Yard at dry Dock and proceded to get to know the personalities and life stories of our fellow boaties as well as the local Filippinos working at Pepe's. There were many Australian and other boaties from NZ England and even Austria. Some were having refits done and some of us were sheltering during the typhoon season.
The small bar on the balcony of the old shed was very well frequented as we had few beers every afternoon about 5.30pm. Here we also caught up with the news of the day as we all told a "few lies, jokes, stories and funny tales or the woes of the day." It was happy fun place to be.
On a couple of occasions Ben planned the "Dry Dock Hash Walks" where we went through the villages and into the scenic countryside then back for dinner and drinks, the so called "Hash Bash". These gatherings were a "hoot".
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| Overlooking Dry Dock |
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| Walking Through the Villages |
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| The Gang! |
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| The Bamboo Grill |
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| Dancing the Congo Line at Connie's Place!
The weather was variable but mainly hot and sticky with not much rain but at one stage Typhoon Fengshen (Frank) passed north of us. Once again we experienced the strong winds and heavy rain associated with a TRS but we were well protected in Dry Dock.
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