Back in Sorong to pick up the parts of our old dinghy outboard, we intended to stay only a couple of nights. The Tampa Garam pond is the preferred location to tie up, as it is safer than anchoring in the harbour, where there is a constant risk of thieves boarding, but it is well out of town.
This time in Sorong, we decided to maximise our time by hiring a motor scooter to travel around the shops and to go sight seeing. The freedom of our own transport meant that we could visit places we could not go to in the “taxi” vans and hire cars.
We went out of town to visit the beaches and to climb into the jungle of the surrounding hills. We found the suburbs, and were able to better appreciate the lifestyle of the locals. We were able to come and go, and eat out at a variety of locations, sampling everything from roadside stalls to cafes and restaurants.
We enjoyed this freedom so much that we stayed on an extra day, just to do more sight seeing, and caught up with local Indigenous Moi person Michael, who as an avid bird-watcher and naturalist, was happy to escort us into the jungle along the newly constructed Malaseik Road. This road has been recently extended deep into the forest so that the natural resources can be more easily plundered, and here we met with a family of Moi people who still live a traditional life style.
These days sight seeing were a highlight of our time in Sorong.
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