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d: 02/11/18 17:30 GMT+0800

Arrived safely off Pulau Medang after an overnight passage of around 130nm. Possibly coincidental, but another awesome dog beach! 

Was a bit sad to leave the Komodo National Park with its rugged hills and awesome beaches and reefs. Our last anchorage at Pulau Kembala was, I think, the best yet. 

The passage was fairly easy, albeit against the usual 1-2kn easterly current in this neck of the woods. We had the interest of passing in the shadow of a couple of volcanos (Sangean and Tembala). The first of those was still letting off some steam. When the latter last blew big time - in 1815 - it was the largest eruption in recent history, 10 times the size of the Krakatoa and apparently resulted in global climate change for several years! 

We also had the fun of dodging through a couple of fishing fleets of perhaps 40 small boats in total overnight and seeing a large humpback breech pretty close-by this morning.

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