Quarantine Freedom

 

 

We've gotten a bit behind on blogging. The pictures above pretty much completely define our second and last week in quarantine. Anxiously awaiting the room doorbell so we could see what what our next meal would be. Except for usually being cold, the chef's at the Grand Millennium certainly tried. Being the picky eater that I am, there were a few days I went hungry. But that just made the next doorbell ring that much more exciting. If we really got bored we could look out the window at the pool. The Grand Millennium is listed as a five star hotel. Let's just say the stars are a little smaller than some five star hotels⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

On the thirteenth day we were escorted down he haul with a bunch of other PUSs (Person Under Surveillance) to a lobby at the end of the hall where we all got RTK tests. These are fast, finger stick tests or Covid. If you tested positive then you got a PCR swab up the nose. We were both negative. In addition to doing the tests, they let us know at quarantine is now 10 days and not 14. A little late for us, our flight out wasn't until the next day.

Next morning we checked out of the hotel with the KKM (health department), the hotel front desk and then the police. We were no longer officially a PUS. We grabbed a cab to the airport and lugged our 4 large bags in. In the picture above I am using the required app, My Sejahtera, to scan the QR code (square barcode) on the sign in front of an airport restaurant. This does three things. First it allows it to look like you are doing something before walking into the store or restaurant. You are also supposed to take your temperature, write it down on the provided sheet and then wash your hands with the alcohol provided. Second it tracks where you go in case a Covid case is later traced to that place and last it lets you quickly look up the risk of the place, eg how many cases have been detected within 1 km in the last 14 day. Remember this is all in a country that has between a fifth and tenth as many Covid19 cases as Washington State per capita.  

We landed in Langkawi and headed to ferry dock for Rebak Island. As you can see, its not a big ferry

After a few days of cleaning up Georgia and tracking down some parts and she was ready to launch.

The view from Georgia in the water - looking back on the TravelLift and the hardstand where she spent the last 7 months.

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Now I bet that our reader thinks that I as going to end this blog with a nice Christmas theme. You'll have to wait till tomorrow for your virtual holiday card. But now, for some important info:

Since there's been a lot of interest in vaccines lately, have you considered the fact that all of the people who had the smallpox vaccine in 1798 are now dead? Just something to think about.

Paul