Lombok to Kupang

I write from Kupang where we have landed after 9 days at sea with our hosts onboard Tientos, Keith and Lea. We’ve had a mixed bag of calm and lumpy seas, wind on the nose and not too many chances to open the sails out fully.

630 nautical miles. 3 nightwatches. 3 anchorages. Volcanoes, Komodo dragons, new knots, amazing food, occasional sleep, lots of reading, kayaks to shore, boules on the beach, a birthday, deserted islands and coral reef. But no fish for dinner yet!

We will be here in Kupang for a few days whilst we complete paperwork to clear out of Indonesia. Our next stop will be Dili in East Timor before the crossing to Darwin.

Check out Nina’s blog for all the shenanigans onboard…

Meeting our hosts at Lombok

Local fisherman making use of the jetty

Bit of local food before we leave Lombok

Our skipper, Keith

Nina on our first nightwatch. Notice her left foot, tut tut tut!

Plenty of moon vision on our first nightwatch

Morning sunrise with views of the volcano

Queen of the world!

Relief after our first nightwatch

Calm seas cruising…

Hunter gathering begins

Keith makes Durian ice-cream with his Makita

Main sail goes up

Api Volcano

Keeping an eye on the horizon

Api from the other side

Keith working the sails

Nina at the helm

Day 3. Our first anchorage at Banta

Checking for bombies out front

Banta bay all to ourselves

Anchored

Glass o wine

Nina catches up with her jornal

Stroganoff

Another uninhabited island

Keith shows Nina the route on the chart

Ye old charts

Day 5 – A local phinisis tour

Lunch at Komodo island

Home of the Komodo Dragons

Day 4 anchorage

The famous Tientos

View of the galley from the saloon

Out on the kayaks

Anchored in a lonely bay

Exploring the island

Tientos

The beach looked beautiful from the boat!

Nina’s collecting plastic!

Nina and her sculpture

Driftwood collection

Boules on the beach

Inspired by Andy Goldsworthy

Now that’s art!

Nina heading back to the boat

Another posh dinner

Setting off once again

View of the cockpit

Keith blends Nina’s Pumpkin 2 speed Makita soup

Day 6 – Savoury muffins

They went down pretty well

Practicing knots. This one’s a bowline

Recording our co-ordinates

Sails up again

Still trying for a fish dinner

Chilling with a book

Another beautiful sunset

Checking some volcano action?

Incoming storm!

Nina’s Thai purple sweet potato crab cales

A stowm poodle on the radar

A bloody big volcano

Day 8 – Birthday pizza for Lea

Not easy to cook on a rocking boat!

Trying the trawling line

Back on nightwatch

View into our cabin from deck

the anchor

Day 9 – coming into Kupang

Not much sleep