A very relaxing cruise on the river. We turned up early for the 5 pm cruise to find it cancelled. Well, OK, lets uncancelled it and "shall we go now?" So we pushed off at 4.45 pm. Very Malay I have to say. Very refreshing.
A replica of the first type of Portuguese boat to get here in 1500 and something. Cheng Ho the eunuch Chinese Admiral got here some 300 year before that with junks more than twice the size of this bath tub toy but, hey........... who cares???? Extraordinarily, these junks may have used ply wood principles in the construction of thier hulls. That is truely amazing.
St. Francis Xavier's Church, 1849, and yes it has a lean to rival Pisa's tower but much scarier...the whole building is off plumb..
As part of the town's development the river banks now have a new walk way. How different it looks from 24 years ago. Muddy banks all gone. The river has also been dammed at its mouth and is no longer tidal. But it is less smelly.
To end with the start of the cruise in the newly formed basin.
A very relaxing cruise on the river. We turned up early for the 5 pm cruise to find it cancelled. Well, OK, lets uncancelled it and "shall we go now?" So we pushed off at 4.45 pm. Very Malay I have to say. Very refreshing.
A replica of the first type of Portuguese boat to get here in 1500 and something. Cheng Ho the eunuch Chinese Admiral got here some 300 year before that with junks more than twice the size of this bath tub toy but, hey........... who cares???? Extraordinarily, these junks may have used ply wood principles in the construction of thier hulls. That is truely amazing.
St. Francis Xavier's Church, 1849, and yes it has a lean to rival Pisa's tower but much scarier...the whole building is off plumb..
As part of the town's development the river banks now have a new walk way. How different it looks from 24 years ago. Muddy banks all gone. The river has also been dammed at its mouth and is no longer tidal. But it is less smelly.
To end with the start of the cruise in the newly formed basin. 
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