October 30 Wangi-Wangi

Today we took a car into the fishing village of Bajo Mola about ½ hour from our resort. It is a village of houses built on stilts over the sea with many piers and concrete channels We crossed from pier to pier on bridges -some were one wide plank ,some were two 2x4s,. some were 3-4 bamboo logs tied together, some were actual concrete bridges. Tim was fearless but I did not really enjoy these crossings and eventually lost my nerve and walked to any sturdier bridge nearby. However I crossed many and did not fall into the channels which were about 8 feet deep with the tide out.

There were a lot of children in the village who were coming home from school shortly after we arrived. The school day here is from 7-10 am We had fun trying to converse with the older kids and taking pictures with the younger ones.

Boats in Canal

Bridge where Joan lost her nerve

We had decided to find our own way back to the resort instead of having the resort driver wait hours for us.

We found a market place and a local driver who had other passengers and who offered to drive us back. It was not a luxury car for sure but he was a good safe driver. 

It was a fun and interesting excursion but we found that there was a lot of garbage in the water and on land. They are not yet friendly to the environment.

Hopefully, they will be in years to come.