I go to Sabang, an Island which is the most westerly part of Indonesia, not yet discovered by mass tourism fortunately, but with some beaches and scenery which are very attractive. Sbah, our project writer goes along, recently arrived from the UK and wishing to get acquainted with the geography of the place, so different from what she has known up to now.
It’s already dark when we eat our dinner at a table on the beach in Sabang, side by side looking at the sea. The food, fish and rice, is wonderful, and we decide to eat Indonesian style, only with our hands, no spoons or forks.
Then after dinner we find a hammock close to the water, and we stay there for a while, enjoying the sounds of the sea, looking at the stars of a beautiful Indonesian night, and sharing for some of our little lifelong secrets.
Next day she is dressed like a tropical Afghan princess, all silk, blue and pink, for the first time enjoying her dream of drinking coconut water, and I take pictures of her incessantly when not snorkeling following a turtle that pleasantly stroll along the corals.
Then in the afternoon we take the fast boat back, and very tired but happy, fall sleep on our seats all the way to Banda Aceh and work. Also to dream about one day returning to beautiful Sabang island, the westernmost part of Indonesia.

















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