Red bananas, who knew? Never seen them myself so we got a bunch and boy they are good!
Once a week there is a fresh food market in Nembrala, Rote but you have to get there early before all the expats snap up the good stuff. We walked the 1km out there and filled our bags with awesome fresh vegetables and fruit.
Our dinghy has been leaking water so it was time to look into that and we were able to do that at Bruce's boatyard, not far from our anchorage.
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Good morning everyone, it's prettyΒ early I think it's maybe sevenΒ Β

and we're off to the market here in the Nembrala. It's pretty remote, there's quite a few peopleΒ Β

living here but there is no fresh fruit and veggieΒ sort of stands and shops normally so every tuesdayΒ Β

morning it goes from yeah early morning till aboutΒ lunch time or something maybe only 10 o'clockΒ Β

but basically the locals here told us if you don'tΒ get there really early then there's just uh rottenΒ Β

potatoes left that youΒ didn't say right than potatoΒ Β

snakes i think they might then you're gonnaΒ have no choice okay just rotten potatoesΒ Β

anyway maybe some anchovies probably got lotsΒ of anchovies because no one wants to buy themΒ Β

anyway so we're walking up there it's about aΒ k about one kilometer up the road apparentlyΒ Β

but we're nearly out we haven't shopped sinceΒ kupang and a couple of weeks ago now and uhΒ Β

go get some of that and then todayΒ as well we're gonna fix the dinghyΒ Β

uh i don't know how windy this i hope youΒ can hear us in this one i'm only filmingΒ Β

on the gopro but um yeah the ding you neededΒ a bit of love and care it's been leaking andΒ Β

water coming in and all that so we took it downΒ to bruce's boat yard uh that's the official nameΒ Β

i've given it i'm not really sure if that'sΒ the real name but it is oh look here's a well

well it's pretty deep it always surprised meΒ Β

how close to the ocean they can putΒ wells here and not get salty water

good morning

they do give a [ __ ] yeah because they're anotherΒ motorbike it's pretty funny here the goats areΒ Β

like the kings they just sit in the middle of theΒ road and motorcyclists have to go around them youΒ Β

can beep and yell and scream and they'll just sitΒ there and look at you like yeah they literally meΒ Β

but if we get close to them with a camera theyΒ actually move so yeah that's their kryptoniteΒ Β

this is the market now i guess lots of cars andΒ trucks everywhere yeah and they've all got theirΒ Β

fruit and veg sorted out and on their blanketsΒ on the floor it's a proper market let's go

foreign

oh

oh

where's wally

i have here sections for everything fruit andΒ veg and then tobacco and nuts and stuff and thenΒ Β

then like bathroom stuff and then plastic chinaΒ crap this is the bags because there's no shopsΒ Β

around here that's all all comes in one day aΒ week to a market and then everyone comes andΒ Β

does their stuff now how'd that go no good it's aΒ small market but there are really a lot of choiceΒ Β

i see some fruits and veg that i don't really seeΒ often here and yeah everyone was friendly and theyΒ Β

have everything you can see it's really the theΒ place in the village they are buying all like evenΒ Β

yeah the bathroom stuff the games for the kidsΒ like everything it's really nice little marketΒ Β

it's actually my style of shopping it'sΒ pretty awesome you get all your stuffΒ Β

done and then you have a whole week of notΒ having to do any shopping it's a perfect life

is not letting me doing even the once a weekΒ normal shopping come on we're paying there now nowΒ Β

you've pushed me yeah what she stillΒ hasn't realized after two years isΒ Β

that we're on a race boat every itemΒ that's not necessary is slowing us downΒ Β

i don't think i don't think exactlyΒ if you want to stay on the boat maggie

chocolate chocolate yeah

me you forever please yes

bye

don't find excuse to stop the talking look at heΒ wants to buy things when it's sweet stuff it'sΒ Β

always okay but if i want to buy something elseΒ then sweet things it's not okay because when theseΒ Β

are eaten the boat still goes the same speed whenΒ you buy things no no my stomach is getting smallerΒ Β

when you buy things the boat goes slowerΒ because they just get stored on boardΒ Β

for maybe wearing in 2960. here you go try this

it's like a milo juice yeah let's go this way weΒ can probably get straight to the beach all rightΒ Β

well that was the shopping for another week we'reΒ gonna go back to the boat it's very hard for thisΒ Β

stuff in the fridge put the rest wherever itΒ needs to be and then go up and fix the dinghy

never had red bananas before bit of a novelty iΒ don't know if they'll taste good but they're onlyΒ Β

slightly more expensive than yellow ones so we'llΒ see if the price is worth it pretty awesome though

red banana toast

wanna try

yeah yeah super good but like not likeΒ Β

i don't know a different fruitΒ as such but yeah really good

today look at this

all right we've just come ashore here and uhΒ this is bruce's boat yard i guess you'd call itΒ Β

i don't know if it's got a real name but yeah ifΒ you look around here there's boats everywhere heΒ Β

builds them and fixes them and uh it's this coolΒ little community of sailing things but we're gonnaΒ Β

actually make a full video about the little trimΒ around outrigger sailing canoes he builds themΒ Β

here and there's been a bunch of locals that haveΒ bought them and they're all like cruising aroundΒ Β

trying to make them faster and every now and againΒ they have a race i think there's 14 or 15 of themΒ Β

now they race around the lagoon and it's a bigΒ event and there's one of those coming up in aboutΒ Β

two three weeks time so we're gonna filmΒ all that and show you about all this wholeΒ Β

little sailing community down here that's anotherΒ video right now we're gonna pull the dinghy upΒ Β

and and get it dried out and then start workingΒ on the uh the problems where it's leaking theΒ Β

handles all that sort of stuff so drag it up iΒ think you tried to leave yeah you want to escape

we turned it pretty good here with the high tideΒ so we have to pull it far at the beach but at lowΒ Β

tide especially now on new moon this lagoonΒ is completely dry i think by two o'clock weΒ Β

won't be able to get out anymoreΒ so we have to see if we're gonnaΒ Β

leave the boat here tonight and come backΒ tomorrow but that then we don't know howΒ Β

to get back out to shahelian tonight but we'llΒ figure that out i don't want to glue all theΒ Β

stuff and then put it back in the waterΒ before the glue set we'll figure it out

look at this one it's so beautifulΒ what do you found it's ah

pretty awesome colors it goes with your shirtΒ huh oh yeah this like a little pendant i thinkΒ Β

it's a bit fragile it's quite beautifulΒ never saw some with the big dots like this

what is your technique

yeah you can see

let's keep okay here we go this is where theΒ water's coming in this is this is the flap allΒ Β

around that joins the aluminium to the pontoonsΒ the pontoons aren't leaking i haven't pumped themΒ Β

for five months now but it's just this has comeΒ away and i actually tried to glue it with epoxyΒ Β

a little while ago and it looked like itΒ held but then a week later it came off soΒ Β

when i was in kupang last week i got some siliconΒ while sticker flex it's not the perfect sickerΒ Β

flex i know there's a better one but you can't getΒ it here so give it a try it's got to be somethingΒ Β

that that bonds uh pvc and aluminium it shouldΒ be all right it's the only place that's brokenΒ Β

so it has to be there the water's coming inΒ i'm going to let it dry out now for a coupleΒ Β

hours i guess before we can glue it gotta getΒ all the old glue off and paint and whateverΒ Β

stuff's in there and at the same time rough itΒ up a little bit so it's the glue can bond well

pretty easy

all right well as you can see it's raining this isΒ actually the first rain we've felt in five monthsΒ Β

and of course it would be that day when i'mΒ trying to fix the thing you need everythingΒ Β

to be dry and dry and dry murphy's law i thinkΒ he murphy mentioned something about raining andΒ Β

fixing thingies sort of coming towards the endΒ of the uh trade wind season though so i guessΒ Β

this is a thing to come but look outΒ here in the lagoon getting stormy

thank you

what are you making i don't know i found thisΒ piece of shells they are super shiny and theyΒ Β

have some yellow triangle and gray onesΒ quite like the pattern and they're superΒ Β

shiny so i don't know maybe i'm gonna do beadsΒ or make some new earrings like these ones maybe

all right so i've cleaned this whole thing upΒ we've been through a few rainstorms and i'veΒ Β

let it dry up and a bit the problemΒ here is the humidity you know likeΒ Β

glue doesn't really bond very well when things areΒ humid but we can't do much about it ideally we'dΒ Β

have a heat gun and would heat it all up and getΒ rid of humidity but we don't have any of that soΒ Β

i've cleaned everything shined it all up iΒ think the bond to the aluminium is the hardΒ Β

part the the pvc stuff sticks well with blueΒ but the aluminium is hard so i'm going to put aΒ Β

rub it all now with acetone to clean it butΒ also the acetone that evaporates really quicklyΒ Β

and it should take a lot of moisture out ofΒ it as well right then so i'm just going toΒ Β

do this real quick and then just bangΒ in the sicker flaps so using this stuff

probably not the right stuff for the jobΒ but we can't really find anything else here

okay this is bruce who's the local boat builderΒ and all-around good guy that's helping us outΒ Β

but you'll see more of him in the uh in the videoΒ about the the trimarans but he's an amazing guyΒ Β

one of these epic humans you meetΒ along the way when you're sailing

good now work your piece ofΒ tape on that full length thereΒ Β

just overlap it on the pvc yeah just ontoΒ the rubber a little bit but mainly it's gotΒ Β

glue sticking the wood down all right putΒ the wood on it and all the way away you go

there's no way to put clamps or anything on thisΒ so we're just trying to put some weight on it

for a few hours to hold it down that one'sΒ looking all right well because we're goingΒ Β

to wait for the silicon to dry overnight bruce hasΒ been nice enough to let us use his outrigger canoeΒ Β

over here to get back to shahalian tonight andΒ we'll bring it back in the morning he's so niceΒ Β

he didn't even uh ask he just saw the problemsΒ that we were facing and came up with a solutionΒ Β

gotta love that i'm gonna wait out now andΒ grab it before the we're gonna get out ofΒ Β

here before the water empties out of the lagoonΒ so i'll go out and grab it and we'll load her up

all right well we didn't make it back to bruce'sΒ this place is over there past those boatsΒ Β

we're about 400 meters away and we ran out ofΒ fuel he just borrowed us the boat yesterday andΒ Β

uh i didn't check the fuel tin when i leftΒ i just assumed it had enough in it we wereΒ Β

flying along and we stopped so we're throwingΒ the anchor out now because the wind's blowing usΒ Β

out over the reef and we don't want to get outΒ there because there's pretty big waves out thereΒ Β

so um yeah we've got the anchor out and we'reΒ sort of just assessing the situation eitherΒ Β

i'm gonna have to swim to shore and walk upΒ the beach and get some fuel and swim backΒ Β

or i can feel a little bit of fuel left inΒ the can here i'm gonna see if i can get theΒ Β

carburetor full and then it would be enough toΒ motor just to the beach so i wouldn't have toΒ Β

swim and then we can like be more safe we madeΒ it that was quite stressful especially for meΒ Β

and of course we had arguments about myΒ reactivity in panic situation but yeahΒ Β

luckily venom used the rest of the little bit ofΒ gasoline inside and it was enough to go to theΒ Β

beach so now we are safe and we are able to go onΒ land taking more petrol put it back and no worriesΒ Β

okay we're back at uh the boat yard not rainingΒ today so i'm going to take all these rocks andΒ Β

the wood off and see if this silicone is andΒ then hardened properly and see if it works

i can put the tape on so that theΒ wood wouldn't stick to the leftover

and it seems i can't get my fingernails under itΒ Β

the difference with this and the epoxy iΒ tried to use is that this will stay flexibleΒ Β

because i think the aluminium and the rubber youΒ know with the different heats and temperatures andΒ Β

the water and the sun they probably expand andΒ contract at different rates so the epoxy is aΒ Β

solid glue and so it would have just probablyΒ cracked or pulled off whereas i hope this theΒ Β

sicker flex will just give it that flexibilityΒ seems pretty solid i'll give it a try right guysΒ Β

that's the end of another video hope you enjoyedΒ that one do you reckon they will yeah it's a quiteΒ Β

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