We were up early and had the complimentary breakfast that is included with the room charge of 2,450.00 pesos. We walked around the Almont Beach Resort and felt it was a missed opportunity not to stay longer and enjoy the swimming pool or the ocean waters - but we needed to get moving south - we left around 08:00am.
The drive south through the mountains and plains of Mindanao revealed spectacular beauty. The number of rivers and bridges was amazing. The mountain roadway passes did have areas that were under construction due to the road washing away during rain storms but they were passable on very muddy dirt detour roads.
We arrived at the Samal Ferry Wharf, Sasa Barge Road, Buhangin, Davao City a little after 15:30pm. We paid the 200.00 peso ferry fee and took the short trip across the bay to the Samal Ferry Terminal, Babak, Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte and paid an additional terminal fee of 20.00 pesos to exit the Baback ferry terminal. We then drove north to Holiday Oceanview Marina, Samal Island, Mindanao arriving at about 16:21.
As we entered the Holiday Oceanview Marina compound we got our first glimpse of Indra. As we had arranged earlier, they had recently pulled Indra out of the water and cleaned her bottom.
The first person we met was the marina yard manager, Kjartan Sekkingstad. He informed us that Indra's location was temporary and he planned to relocate her after another yacht was moved to the water, within the week. He told us he had pulled Indra out on 16 September and her hull was thoroughly encrusted with barnacles and other stuff that took a bit of effort to scrap off. He stated he was surprised at how ineffective the bottom paint was as Indra was in the water at a dock space for less than a year after having the bottom just painted. As Indra's bottom had been drying out now for a few days, the bottom paint was starting to flake off like dried out snake skin - something was definitely defective in the last bottom paint application.
He placed a ladder on Indra so we could get aboard and asked if we wanted electrical power or water routed to the boat - we declined. He stated if we needed anything, anything at all, don't hesitate to ask him. Another yachtie person stopped by and asked for his assistance - Kjartan wished us luck, and departed with him.
We looked over the bottom and took many pictures.
We took a walk around the marina and there were a lot of boats here due to something called the 2015 Festival Boalemo.
After looking at some more things on the boat, Marilyn and Mary Ann stated they were getting hungry and wanted to leave. Just before 8:00pm we left Holiday Oceanview Marina and drove the short distance to Precious Garden Resort and Hotel. We checked in and had dinner at their restaurant - Mary Ann had her favorite, cheese pizza, which she said was very good. I downloaded our pictures to the computer, recharged the batteries, and called it a day.
