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Tangkong's
island - INDO. |
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08°43 E 116°01 |
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We are on
the Island !!!
Your choice of sending us on a desert
island was voted by more than 60% of the
Virtual People.
Looking for the ideal place took us 2 days.
With Aria and Moon, a new nomad, we have
explored the Oriental Seas by consulting maps,
guides, and interviewing Indonesian sailors.
All of them advice us not go on a desert
island: risks of malaria, lack of food
supplies, and above all, the possibility of
encountering pirates. There are a few of them
in this area, attacking boats and lost
islands. We all keep in our mind the dramatic
story of Jolo... We opt for an archipelago in
the south of Lombok.
On the catamaran-ferry Bali/Lombok, we
travel with some foreigners going to Senggigi,
the island's tourist spot. After a journey of
3 hours, greeted by a group of dolphins, we
arrive in Lembar, one of the main ports of
Lombok. While tourists get in air-conditioned
mini-vans with smoked windows, we wait for two
hours, with our backpacks, PCs and food
supplies under the burning sun.
Theo and Moon find a fisherman to bring us
on the desert island. Balancing on his Prahu,
we enter a labyrinth of atolls, white beaches
and palm trees reflecting on the deep-blue
sea. We have the feeling to be 'Conrads', the
famous adventurer looking for virgin islands.
The sharp eyes of the old fisherman fix an
island. The man scratches his beard and says
firmly: "Gili Tangkong!". We
disembark on the ISLAND ...
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What we
brought on the island: a backpack for 5, 2 pans, 7
plates, water, sugar and salt
bags, Nescafé, rice, instant
soup, chocolate
biscuits, cigarettes, lighters,
repellent, solar cream, medicine,
a mosquito shield (Aleko's),
string, fishing line and fish
hooks, 2 Swiss knives, an axe, 3
sleeping bags, 2 computers, 2
video cameras, our GSM and
satellite phones, 1 GPS, a bag of
incense sticks, a guitar... Marco
forgot his djembé.
We are 7, but it seems there
are a few fishermen. Now we go for
exploration.
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During
all the week, there will be an
interview of every one of us, with
our comments on this
"survivor" experience.
Today,
VALE -see the video. Following,
some more thoughts.
"I feel like being on the
island of my dreams. Indeed, I
would prefer to be with you all,
Virtual Nomads, and especially the
men !... But in particular with
one of you!... Or come back here
one day with only one of my
companions in order to know them a
little bit better!
"I think I didn't forget
anything...but I'd better wait to
be sure! There are 2 things I
couldn't forget: the telephones
(to feed the Virtual World) and
the lighter (to illuminate and
warm the Team up). Hopefully
everything will be fine!!!"
PS: I'd also like to rest a
little bit. All the elements are
here: sun, white sand, sea and
palm trees...
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Malaria is
transmitted by mosquito bites and
its symptoms are: headache, fever,
shivers and abundant sweat. If not
cured immediately, malaria can
cause worst effects, potentially
lethal.
The most risky situation is the
one following: be in a rainy
period, in an isolated zone,
without a mosquito shield and in a
humid place. Exactly where we are
and what we are doing!
The Team (except Theo) began an
anti-malaria treatment, one week
before leaving Europe: 1 tablet of
Lariam 250 per week. Among the
undesirable effects, weakening of
the liver and digestion
disturbances
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Sorry for
being two hours late on Chat
yesterday, but it was quite
difficult to connect. We hope we
can manage to send you the Journal
everyday.
Now we will build a house
before the night falls.
Ouch! ...
Mosquitoes
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