Mansinam island

An hour and a half on Mansinam Island. Bit of a make weight morning as birders on 04.00 mission to see some more BOP. Welcoming songs and dances, but don't feel as authentic or heartfelt as smaller places, but still fun.

Band almost rocking, and with home made instruments. Guitar and double bass made from plywood and a few nails. Not sure what they use for strings but Caroline pointed out not many cats around!

Wandered round, flowers, lots of photo me kids ( Sweet girl with T-shirts saying "I'm smarter than the teacher").

We then met the teacher (Peter) on his moped, but noone seemed to get the joke.

This island has big Christ figure (like Rio) and unusually large churches. Apparently whee Christianity "landed" in the area. Explains why this is the first place we have seen pigs in Indonesia. Local word for pigs is Barbey- short for BBQ?Read more