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BANDUNG
(DREAMS of ADVENTURE)
INDONESIA
TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1974 (CONT. FROM VOL. 2)
The Bugusi Sailboats ply the Java Sea between ports on Java, Sulawest (Celebes), Kal'mantan (Borneo), Bali, and other islands. That fantastic idea I'd been stewing over was this: Buy one! The going price is about $2000. I could later sell it: the profits would pay for my whole trip. But why sell? Why not go whole hog + sail it home? I could round up some adventurers types among the footloose travellers at Bali, + surely some crack sailors. We could choose our route; prob. to Hong Kong first to furnish it with beds, radio, motor. If I got it to the U.S. I could sail up down the coast, + charge admission... Possible problemss the buying process itself, insurance, customs, visas, shore-passes; fiding a compatable crew (commun[illegable] sharing food, fuel costs?) + of course, sailing it without crashing into a reef or sinking in a storm. Guy [illegiable] very enthusiastic - it could be a welcome challenge + adventure after 7 months of public transpo travel. I've not seen the ships yet. They would have been some in Djak[illegiable] + will be in Surabaya. Ideally I could ride on one out to Macassar, Sulawwsi, from Surabaya to see if it was for me. It's all completely tentative, + would take months, but it is exciting to think about.
WED JUNE 5 Originally we were going out to Volcano + hot spring today, Jogia tomw, but I noticed a festival in West Jara on June 5th. The hotel folk said it was 4 hrs, so we gave it a try. Left most of our luggage at Hotel ("BUNGSU") +