Back to Teluk Dalam

Finally the rain had stopped. Whole island was already waiting for the ferry to leave, as prices for their roasted coconut shells, (waiting to be brought to coconut-oil-mill) were dropping. So after some depressing days, everybody was happy again, even if my heart cried for leaving this awesome people and island.
Even island's dogs (one of them always slept in front of my rooms door 🥰) were saying goodbye, by crying and barking, when we left the beach with a small boat to get onto the ferry.
Sea was so calm, sun was greeting between clouds, boat ride was peaceful, and I think I even saw a dolphin jumping out of the water, at the horizon.
As ferry was fully loaded (around 6000 kilogramms of mostly coconut shells, collected from all islands of Hinako Islands group, worth around 0,40€/kilo), we went directly to Nias, no roundtrip, again.
The Coast guard had parked my scooter and helmet in a garage, they were so kind and helpful! 🤗
So I went back to the south of Nias at early noon, the weather was fine, the roads were soaking and little more damaged from the heavy rainfalls, but nothing to worry.
Nearly made it without getting wet, but 40mins before arrival, some short but heavy rain catched me up.😅 After 15 mins rain became less, but didn't seem to stop, so me and my backpack got our raincoats, going on carefully.
Finally back at Salty dogs, some of my friends there had already left, but most of our Crew was still on and nice beach waves at nearby Lugundri were seen.😎
So I decided to practice some more surfing 🏄 and joining Scott onto the ferry back to Sumatra on Saturday.
Saying goodbye to our host Arif and his family was heartbreaking, but my times here are unforgettable and hopefully we can stay in touch, at least by competing in chess games, online. 😎Read more