"We're now in the city of Ambon! The Capital of The Spice Islands.
Filled with colour, horns and delicious street food.
After our stay in sleepy Banda the streets of Ambon were insane.
It was like being thrown into a blender with 300,000 other people
all trying to go somewhere at the same time.
"So today has been a very eventful day!..
we got our checkout papers sorted from the Harbour Master
and our crew guide Abba has been taking us around, and we just got to the market
Where we'll buy some fresh product for our trip to Raja Ambat
and we should be leaving sometime tomorrow..
Very hot here! Sweating!
Not to mention the Spicy Bok So I had earlier"
"The street in Ambon is really good, but very spicy"
"You can tell by my..." (burps) "My sweat"
"But we got a coke and delicious meal for about $1.50
HOT!" "Hot one!"
"But it's good"
So we were off into the wilds of the Ambon street markets. Our mission -
stock Delos with enough fresh fruits and veggies to last about 3 weeks.
The market was really intense but well stocked.
The only problem- dozens of different vendors all selling the same thing!
Our game plan was simple
send Abba in first to get the price.
Once the price was set we'd wander up and settle the score.
That was really the only way to avoid the "foreigner price" which could be double what a local would pay.
"NEVER have we seen bigger banana's than we have in Ambon!
Reminds me a lot of myself!"
As the day went on we got brave and even bargained a few deals ourselves.
"50c we just bought a coconut! Back in New Zealand this is like..
$5.00 for this stuff!"
"Yeah!" "Mm so good!"
"Fresh fish of Ambon.. caught right at the back door"
"The smell.. is very pungent"
Refrigeration and ice just doesn't exist here.
Imagine years and years of juices
combined under the tropical sun to produce a new kind
of aroma that you didn't think was possible.
No meat or fish for us please, just the veggies!
"Misson accomplished!"
"That was a mission!" "That was fun though!" "So, how did everybody do?"
"Omg, we just everything that is going to last us three weeks!
We got eggplant, eggs,
crazy water spinach" "carrots..
"Carrots, tomato, cucumber.." "TOMATO!" "Shallots"
"The best thing.. Ketjap Manis!"
"KETJAP MANIS!"
"AND we scored .. A NEW WOK!"
These little mini-buses are pretty cool. If there's room, you can just hop on
and hope that it takes you in the right direction.
They're cheaper than taxi's and it's never a dull ride!
"Hello!"
(horns honking) "Hey Mister!"
(laughing)
"Oh hello!" (laughing)
"So we just went to the market in Ambon..
and...
..the fruit and vegetables have lots of bugs, and nasties, and dirt and everything
so it's a pretty big process..
we have to.. from the market, we have to put everything in the dingy..
come back to the boat, unload..
and then we pretty much shove em all in a big bucket with water
and a tiny bit of bleach just to kill all the bugs and everything
and then give them a fresh water rinse
and then try and store them so we use as much efficient
space as possible. And I'm just cutting off the tops of these bad carrots here"
"goin on a fuel run! Getting some diesel and then hopefully
some benzine for the ol dingy here..
we're at the petrol station..
which is a bit sketchy, but diesel's cheap!
Looks good!"
"Gotta go through some alley ways here..
to get you the back room of the diesel!" (laughs)
"Hello"
"water very bad for the boat"
"Australia, we had these gentleman that was wanting to help us"
"You even kinda have to check to make sure the fuel doesn't have water in it"
"It's ok?"
"Hello"
Since the bombing in Bali a few years ago
it's now illegal to carry diesel in plastic jugs.
But, since we can't take Delos to the petrol station on land,
we were forced to buy diesel on the grey market.
We're sure some of the 20% mark-up goes to pay off the police that are on the dock next door.
It's still cheap though at about .65 cents per liter
less than ½ the pump price we paid in Australia.
"Old mate hanging around the boat area, acting like he's fishing, watching this.."
"Hello Mister!"
"Trying to work our arms here.. and our back"
"Get it Rama!" (laughs) "I can't!"
"Can you hand me the other blue one over there?"
"Sh *t!"
"I'm doing important things!"
"A new Brady!" "What did you think about.." (laughing)
"I also.. have the ring of fire" "The ring of fire!"
"Ate too many Bak So!" "Indonesia Odyssey Ring Of Fire!"
"Ring of fire?" "No" "Too spicy"
"for my tummy.." "Pretty intense city though" (laughing)
"Like crazy. Crazy busy. To busy..
Time to get some quiet.."
"What an amazing time in Ambon. Friendly people, beautiful markets..
But it's time to move on. Heading to Raja Ambat"
Up Next! Delos finally arrived in Raja Ambat!
Does some awesome diving!
And party with the locals!
"Our lively filled with fresh fruit and vegetables!"
"Look at where we are. Fresh fruit and vegetable for all!"
"Welcome to the Ambon Markets! Lets go get something to eat!"
"We are at the Ambon Markets. This is it"
"Here we are at the Market in Ambon. As you can see.. very colourful!"