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Day 2 of me Great Musical Experiment..must see previous post to understand..

and documenting of Day 2 of Jono's Great Tioman Adventure..well, we got up at 7.30am the next morning and had breakfast at Hamdan's Cafe near the beach and packed lunch for the day on the boat at sea..i remember wat i had, Nasi Pattaya..

Day 2 was great for fishin really..all bright sunny skies and calm waters..and the first stop was garupa or Garupo as Awang, our elderly Malay boatman called it..near the west side of the resort, near some rocky reefs we let down our fishin reels and fishin rods..and promptly caught a few mid sized Garupo..promptly applies to Dad and Pastor Kitham, not me...i waited for almost an hour before getting any bite..and reeled up only to lose the little bugger...took my bait with 'im too..cunning fella..

we went to 4 or 5 spots before i caught anything..a small Garupo..sigh..den of course we broke for lunch..the other Malay boatman (whom we later learnt was from Indonesia) was darn good at fishin man..he kept catching so many small to mid-sized Garupo and snappers and Greasies and yellow tails..Dad and Pastor Kitham din do so bad as well..at least 10 teach between them before lunch..

after lunch we headed out to the open sea as the weather was good enough and it was there that i caught my largest fish in the last 5 years..i dunno what it was but it sure looked like a cross between a barramundi and shark..at least 55 cm long..that truly rekindled my interest in fishin which has been simmerin on the back burner the last 2 years..we stayed out at sea till around 6.30pm before heading back to shore..it was a very very rewarding day..i like the feel of working hard for a good catch under the sun with good honest sweat down one's back..never tried it before? you should some time..

and we had our washing up, first of the rods, reels and equipment then ourselves before bringing 8 of the fish to the nearby Chinese restaurant to cook sweet and sour, with other dishes of course..even now, the thought makes me mouth water..yum..i was pretty dead beat after that so it was back to the room and a good sleep around 10.30 pm...but not before taking my back, shoulders and neck pain relief medication..dislike that problem man..keeps coming back to plague me on and off..

tell everyone more about Day 3 soon..

Again, Not my image but thats the kinda boat we took out to sea..not identical but very similar..actually the one we took was a bit more run down..this image is from the Net and shows Tioman in the background