I'm nearly ready for our trip to Bangka Island at last. It will be very poignant to be at a place we have heard about all our lives. To think of our Aunty Jean there, coping as best she could, nursing the sick even when she was sick and hungry too. It is really a wonder that any of them survived the POW camps.
We fly to Jakarta via Singapore on Saturday. Then on Sunday we fly to Pangkal Pinang, the main city on Bangka Island. We will then try to catch a bus or taxi to Muntok (or Mentok), on the west of the island, facing Bangka Strait. That will take 3 - 4 hours we think. It's the wet season now, so it will be sauna-hot. I hope the delicious tropical fruits are in season!
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