Thursday 19 September Medang island

Another day, another island. This time picture postcard Medang with it's white beach, clear water, fringing reef and swaying palm trees. There are three other boats with us today – Southern Wing, Mikosha and Watusi – and as is the habit of cruisers everywhere, we met on the beach for sundowners. Southern Wing (Phil and Sandy) are from Australia and have brought their elderly dog, Sandy, with them on the trip so David got his dog fix. It was nice to sit on the beach on our deck chairs with a cold beer and watch the sun go down, less pleasant were the sand midges and later mosquitoes (not a common problem so far) which forced us to abandon and return to our boats. We often choose to anchor a distance from the shore simply to be away from land pests. It seemed to work tonight.