The next day the four of us from "Ellida" and SD were taken on a full day tour of the west part of Sabu. The two seater open truck was our mode of transport. Juli and John were our guides and translators but there were always 8 or more other people from the Department of Culture and Tourism on the open truck. The Director General of the D. of C. and T. led us on a motorbike. We saw villagers making: salt from seawater; sugar from the sap of the lontar palm; weaving ikat material; and always chewing the dreadful Betel nut, giving their mouths the appearance of recently fed vampires! We climbed to a holy village and had a superb view of the south of the island. On our return the dinghy was deflated as one seam had split. Jeremy has tried all our glues and none has worked. Ellida are kindly ferrying us to the shore and back.
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