We had asked our boat driver, Mr. Main, to pick us up. I wasn't sure he was going to show, but he did.We said goodbye to the friendly villagers, with a couple of kids coming down to send us off. We got on the boat, waved, and sped off back to KK.
What a great trip, breaking all our preconceptions of the place. There was poverty sure, but the people were nice, friendly, open; ordinary families just getting on with life. Maybe they didn't have a lot of worldly goods, but they adhered to good parenting, caring for each other, earning an honest living.
Maybe the criminal elements were asleep or hiding inland. But they wouldn't stand much of a chance with the good people around.
(End of Gaya Island Water Village posts... Next, 'Behind the Kampung')
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