Day 2 - 14 July (Part I) - Living Daylights

At about 4.53am, the silence of the wee hours was broken with a prayer call. This went on for about 10-15 minutes, followed with a prayer call from another mosque which lasted about five minutes. Both of us already had problems getting into sleep earlier. After the last prayer call ended, we called it quits trying to get back to sleep. It was only slightly after 6am - fancy having to wake up so early even while on holiday. So I went around the villa to take a better look of the surroundings now that it was already quite bright...

Views of the deck:


Interior views of the villa:



A peep of what lies beneath from under the coffeetable:


Views of the sea all-around, from the front and side of the bed:

Grimlock wasted no time in assembling the fishing gear:

The surroundings on film:


And mentioned on the villa's website: Each floating villa is carefully designed and constructed in accordance with the concept of the ancient floating bamboo hut of the local fishermen, called “Bagan”. Each floating villa is anchored by four independent anchors; two on the front and another two at the back of the floating villa.

We could feel the villa move according to the rhythm of the wave and wind, and at times, heard the friction sound of the wood used to construct the villa. The water from the taps is drawn from a well on the mainland and then stored in a water tank below the villa. On one of the days during our stay, there was suddenly no electricity (fortunately it was daytime) and at times, it took a while for the water to flow out from the taps and at times, blackish water came out of the taps before the water turned clear. Such experiences and the missing conveniences (water heater, aircon and TV) kind of like evoked memories of my childhood where living conditions were basic back then.