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Sea Gypsy Village News

A 90th Birthday Party To Remember 

The Climb

Earth Hour at Sea Gypsy

The Sate Safari Nut

Saving the Dugong

Linda's World Trip

Halloween & Easter

Cleaning Up after the Monsoon

Sea Gypsy Island Office

A Very Happy New Year Party was had by all!
What can I say? It is simply beyond me that year after year, no matter what the weather in December we simply have the most amazing weather for our New Year opening. We even used our speed boats landing on our beach this year!
Amazing sandcastles were the order of the day and jolly thirsty work it is too!
 
All together now... no, not on the bar.... on the dance floor please That's better!

Check those watches.... Happy New Year! and start the Conga
2am and still eating, hungry work all this partying...
and the diet starts tomorrow!

A 90th Birthday Party to Remember
The matriarch of our family is "Nana" aka Sylvia Florence Hofstedt born 16th October 1919. Linda's mother has been living in Johor Bahru with the Wills family since 2006 and is very much a part of the Sea Gypsy Gang so Pulau Sibu was the obvious venue for 'the party'. One small problem, Nana doesn't like the boat, step up the Lloyd family and Lloyd Helicopters. Chris Lloyd was at school with Daniel Wills and so indirectly Nana's favourite son in law managed to give her a lovely birthday pressie via the extremely generous Lloyd family.

Friends and family started arriving from all over, including our Satay Safari nut, Uncle Dave, who of course flew in for the UK for just the weekend!
There was lots of cake
and presents,
lots of drinking
and dancing

And of course the Birthday Girl looked
glamorous and gorgeous as ever,
we should all look that good at 70, never mind 90!

And the Queen flies away, taking her beloved grandchildren with her,
leaving poor Cinderella behind....... again!

Easter

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Easter 09 brought lots of children of all ages, Easter Orienteering, Easter Hunts and of course loadsachocolate!
This "cute" Easter Bunny lays the trail for the girls. X always marks the spot... ...to dig up clues,
which, when fathomed, invariably lead through the jungle in search of another Bunny
that hands out the goodies! Lots of cute bunnies set off at such a pace

that Bri has to chase! Found clues, Teddy & Bunny, help to make sure all the tots find the Easter loot.
Earth Hour at Sea Gypsy

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Earth hour coincided with out Saturday night BBQ and made for a romantic evening:

The Climb. by Richard & Jade
Richard & Jade Wills both came to Sibu Island at the age of 6 weeks. They grew up bare foot running through the jungle, along the beach and across the coral. They frequently gave their mother near heart attacks with their antics as I'd hear a small voice and realise they were 20 feet above me somewhere!
They are still both completely insane in their mother's eyes but I have learned to simply let them get on with it. No surprise then when I found these photos on my camera after the Easter school hols (readers of these pages will realise they are both now at boarding school in Perth, WA.). Obviously a climbing expedition with a camera in tow and how lucky am I because what an amazing photo of our beach -:)
And to prove they haven't developed city feet, despite their sojourn in the real world, we have proof that climbing coral in bare feet is still no problem. Please do not try this at home, to us lesser mortals it hurts like heck!


Sea Gypsy (outdoor) Island Office

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If you call our reservations or island phone number you will often get an answer machine that finishes "please leave a message, your call is important to us."  Well I'd just like to show you to what lengths we are prepared to go to in order to answer your enquiries and make those bookings for you!
Here's General Manager Sam hard at it late into the night. Of course if it rains we have to stand someone with an umbrella next to him
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Cleaning Up after the Monsoon

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Every year the North East Monsoon dumps tons of rubbish not only on our beach but on the beaches of all the uninhabited islands around us that we love to use for snorkeling trips. So every year, as soon as the wind changes, the big clean up starts.

Snorkeling trips in February can make for an exciting ride!

Some times our lovely guests decide to give us a hand to help the environment and we couldn't be happier.

Although the amount of rubbish we find can be so depressing.


Halloween Fun

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Despite my absence Halloween was tremendous fun as always (simply confirming my suspicion that I am completely superfluous to requirements despite my conviction I'm irreplaceable!). There was Jack-o-lantern making, Dressing Up, Decorations, Halloween Games & LOTS of yummy Halloween goodies including our (in)famous Bat Dropping Cookies.

Bat cups, a must for collecting Halloween goodies

Fantastic Jack O Lanterns

Yummy, Bat Dropping Cookies Blood, blood and then some more blood!

Hope you can join us for our next Halloween Celebration...if you dare...
Saving the Dugong (if you don't know what a Dugong is click here)                     Top of Page
Mid April a group of scientists & volunteers from the University of Malaysia, sponsored by Titan Chemicals came to Pulau Sibu to survey and catalogue the sea grass. This is part of a project that is also tracking and tagging the Dugong population in the area. We were thrilled to be able to host the group of enthusiastic ecologists. They did sight a female Dugong with pup on day three and then again on day four, but no photos unfortunately. Diving all day & cataloguing half the night these people are to be congratulated for their dedication. Meanwhile Dan's Nasty Frogmen have turned into keen Dugong spotters!
Lots of loading & unloading.... ....to a very nice dive boat... ...lots of specimens...

....a great deal of tank filling... ....yummy sea grass.... ....& our Kid's Club laboratory!

Linda's World Trip

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In 2006, for the first time in 14 years, I went away during the season and spent six weeks on a trip round the world. I kept a blog for Richard & Jade which you're welcome to peruse should you feel so inclined www.lindawills.blogspot.com . The eagle eyed amongst you will notice our sate safari nutter cooks a mean joint of beef! You will also become well aware that I'm completely obsessed with food!!

The Fabulous Magnets I know this is old now but I can't bear to take it off, we had such fun!

When this happy band of chaps arrived at Sea Gypsy in August 05 none of our guests or staff realised what a wonderful time we were in for entertainmentwise. Apart from the fact they are some of the jolliest bunch you could ever be stuck on a small island with (although watch out for the hangovers!) The Magnets, an a cappella group from the UK, kindly entertained us with 2 evenings of song and even (by popular demand) managed a farewell tune whilst donning life vests for the journey back to reality, i.e. the mainland.  The guests present were all astounded by their versatility and converted to a cappella to a man!


The Dave Gunner Sate Safari #3 - COMPLETED

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Would you believe there are some people on this earth crazy enough to fly half way around the world for some Sate - TWICE??? Well at least one exists. His name is Dave Gunner and he lives in the UK. Dave does work for Virgin Airlines which makes the cost of a return ticket to Malaysia a little easier on the pocket but nonetheless I personally think he's insane.  Last time he brought our old friend (and the chap that introduced us) Mick McGinn with him. The eagle eyed amongst you that have read every word of this web site (??!) will know that Mr. McGinn is also one of the original founders of Dan's Nasty Frogmen . Mr. Gunner completed Sate Safari #3 July 2009 (updated photos to follow) - the man is definitely insane and completely obsessed with our peanut sauce!!
 
 
This sate orgy was the highlight of the first Sate Safari

I forgot to mention he also loves ice cream,
much to my son's delight!

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