Previously on Delos The crew explored the amazing island
of Ternate. We got the full paparazzi experience
and whitnessed a traditional muslim ceremony
"So it's ah, 5 o'clock in the morning, we're still
motoring along on our way to The Philippines
we're motoring all night, all day yesterday
because it's 2 knots of wind
and totally calm seas.. which is good"
We were only about 30 hours out of Ternate
and we had 0 wind. Just like most of our Indonesian sailing
or should I say motoring.. It was calm,
it was flat, and it was frickin hot!
Even the locals wanted to get out of the blazing sun!
On top of that we had a current against us.
so we had absolutely no option but to motor.
Luckily though, through some trouble shooting, we found the magic RPM
where we could still keep our boat up, but the leak in the main
would slow down. We just had to remember to fill the engine up
with water every few hours.
"Well we left Ternate about a day and a half ago,
we had a pretty slow sail, but we finally got here
and where 'here' is some cordinates
for an underwater volcano given to us by some other cruisers in Ternate
so let's get in the water and go check it out!"
"Oh man, the underwater volcano!" (laughs)
"It was a bunch of rocks and some bubbles coming out"
"And it was quite an effort to get out in the 3 knot current.. so.. I dunno
I'm cool on not seeing it. Phoebe jumped in and got stung by a jellyfish!" (laughs)
"Pretty bad, you can see tentacles on her cheek!"
"Aw.." "So it was pretty sweet" "It was great"
"Rocks with bubbles" "A couple of rocks with bubbles and some warm water"
Well, the underwater volcano turned out to be not
that exciting. But King Neptune gave us more mirror flat water
and sent some of his mates to give us a show.
There were even some pilot whales that surfaced pretty close to us
So with it being so f*cking hot we shut down the engine
and did the best thing we could to cool us down...
"Hey Breeyawn!" "Oh no, I think I lost my hairtie!" (laughs)
(laughs)The water here was over 6,000 feet deep
it's a bit crazy to think about what's down there. Something like only 5%
of the world's ocean have been explored, and according to the people
who study this sort of thing, 9 out of 10 living things
live in the oceans! So you can only imagine what kind of crazy alien
creatures live beneath us...
"Whoa!" (laughs)
"Yeah, there ya go!" (laughs)
"No giggles!" "No giggling!" "COME ON JOSJE! YOU CAN DO IT JOSJE!"
And just like that we had said goodbye to Indonesia and were in
Filipino waters...
"WE MADE IT TO THE PHILIPPINES!"
"WOOOO!"
For the first time in about 4 months we had the luxury of tieing
Delos to the dock and plugging in! Last time we had
this was in Darwin, some 2000 miles south of here!
We really love being out at anchor and in the middle of nowhere
but its a nice change to tie up and not have to use the generator or water maker.
Marinas also usually have a good group of cruisers to chat
and drink with and OceanView was no exception it was our first night
and it was quiz night!
But you know what really made this marina stand out
for us... It wasn't the quiz night or the BBQ's..
"There's so much space here!" Or the laundry machines..
or the even the fact that it only cost about $12 a day to keep Delos tied up here
...It was that beauty...
Wait..go back..
Yep.. that glowing angel there
an ice cold beer fridge, always stocked and always open..
40 cent beers anytime you wanted.
All you had to do was make the short walk up the dock and grab one
"Well, we just had a little cruiser trivia night, drank some brewskies
now we're headed back to the Delos to sit in the air conditioning
"Oh yeah" Let's just say we had more than a few brewskies
I had way too many..
"It's our first night in the Philippines, and we got invited to a dress up
party.. which Delos does very well!" (laughs)
"I'm a... Fijian .....Security Guard"
"Oh yeah, check it out" "As you can see"
(laughs)
"Brian is a..." "Fijian Sultan" (laughs)
"ahhh... if that even exists" "Yeah.. well it doesn't.. well.... yeah!"
"You were a sultan" "A culu.. from Fiji.. a sash from.. I dunno where"
"and a sultan's hat from Ternate" (laughing) (Phoebe claps)
"And my Kahleesi!" "What!"
"That's it! That's dinner! WOO!"
"A couple of f*cking scrambled eggs and some capsicum"
"Wooo.. I hope I don't get full" "I dunno.. I think the eggs are
umm.. are bad.." (laughs) "they've been sitting on that
cabinet for a bit too long" "Oh man, it really tastes bad!" "Yeah it does!"
"Ohhh... don't ..." "heaps really gross"
"we're eating it!" "don't eat it" "Nah, you gotta eat it!"
"I already had mine"
"Nah man, I'm out" "Is it really bad?"
"Sorry about that. Bad eggs..."
"You wanna party, we party!"
"They're inviting us to a nice casual evening of acoustic
music.." (laughs) "ALRIGHT F*CKIN LET'S DO IT!"
"COME ON F*CKING TEQUILA SHOTS!" "WOOO!" (laughs)
"WOAH!" "woooo!" "does anybody want any more of this?"
"noooo...." "NO GOD NO!" "GOD NO.."
Loaded up on bad eggs and Tequila we were off!
I really don't know what we were expecting but at least they had garlic bread.
And then out of no-where, we were pleasantly surprised with a drag show..
♪ And I will always..
love youuuuuuu ♪
♪ ...will always... ♪
♪ I wanna live a day.. that never dies ♪
And just in case the hour long of lip syncing
wasn't entertaining enough.. they went on to perform this...
♪ Hi Girls! Karna here! ♪
Im not saying I wasn't enjoying the show but I was pretty happy when Pheebs was invited up to sing
"Are you guys having a good night!? WOOO!"
"YEAH! This is so awesome!"
♪ Oh just.. leave it on the floor
leave it till tomorrow.. you know the sun
will cast a temporary shadow, don't linger in the darkness
for too long, find shelter
from the storm...
cos you... ya might be blinded by the light
yeah, and you might not win the fight..
but I know.. it's alright if you wanna cry..
cos you'll be flying
high... ♪
I don't know if it was pheebs amazing voice or the bad eggs and tequila combo but I had one of those moments
we've talked about before..The laughing moments where all of a sudden
life slows down and you take a look around you...And realize you are very
very far from home and you realize just how blessed
and how lucky you are to be surrounded by such amazing people...
all just trying to live life to the fullest....and all of these feelings
just cause you to start laughing out loud.
Sometimes you loose track of time while cruising.. well you always lose track of time
while cruising. Months feel like days and minutes feel like hours
but in that moment I was there... in the Philippines
The f*cking Philippines!
♪ Flyyyyin ....
hiiiiigh ♪
(laughs)
(clapping and cheering) "Thank you" "WOOOO!"
Over the next week we got settled into the marina and figured out the area..
Getting into the
town of Davoa was an adventure in itself.
It started with A long bumpy ride across Samal Island.
to a ferry that took you to the mainland
then you had to hussle for 1 of 3 options..
A Jeepney, a trike or a taxi to get you were your going...
Whats a Jeepney you might ask?
That, thats a jeepney and they are sweeet!
That one is a bit plain though..
They usually have ridiculous paintings all over them and are decked out with chrome everything.
You usually find a sweet Jesus portrait somewhere.
They cost about 25 cents and take you anywhere you wanna go.
Kind of like a bus system but way better!
there really isn't a rule to how many people can fit.
There are no designated "stops" just wave one down on the side of the road in the direction
you want to go and you're all good. Now if you're feeling a little more classy
the the Trike is for you. More personal. Just you, your mates
and the driver. They're pretty much just a scooter
with a cart welded on the side. It will cost you though..
anywhere from 50 cents to a dollar, depending on where you're going
It can be a bit intense when they start pushing the speed and you look down to see
the welds rusted and flexing..
Now if your really feeling like a baller hop in a taxi and enjoy some classic tunes
and air conditioning for 2 - 4 dollars!
♪ classic music playing ♪
After feeling our way around town,
it was time to give Delos some lovin.
Projects really build up while your away from the dock.
"What are you doing in here?" "You just sneak around and go like.." (laughs)
"Oh yeah... hello!" Some are minor..
..and some are major
But as it turned out we were in a cheap Asian country and this place was perfect
do get boat projects done.
All the shops were stocked full and only a short
trike ride away from each other.
and if they didn't have the part you were looking for..
they made it!
"diameter and this, but maybe I could have the shaft machined.." "I have the..
(laughs)
"that's my children!" "hello!" "Hi, hi!"
(laughs) Like always the people are what really make the difference
and everyone was so friendly and so helpful!
From getting motors rewound and parts made from scratch in these
ridiculous machine shops...
to adding new flag stickers
and doing some hard core cleaning. Our first week on the dock
was definitely productive! A huge relief
was getting the main coolant pump finally sorted out
Next Up On Delos!
We go to school! Get some new crew
And meet some amazing new friends.
♪ electronic music ♪
"woooo!"