Ship Book Fair

6th October, 2011

During my early twenties, the very 1st time I visited a floating book fair. Back then I was staying in  K.L which was actually quite far and further more I do not know my way around. No choice, I had to coax a friend to drive me all the way to Port Klang  just to get a glimpse and then get aboard the Doulos ship for the sake of seeing books in the ship. Its sort of killing 2 birds with one stone. See ship and see books at one time; an adventure I can't miss at that time hehehe...

A very long queue to go on board.

Enjoyed the scenery and breeze aboard Doulos ship.

Now 2 decades later and living not far from Port Klang, there's no reason not to visit the floating book fair again although its a different and a smaller ship...I like the idea  to shop for books in a ship ...and perhaps sail away? How is it that I have missed them in between now and then? But I'm sure it won't happen again cos I  can check their schedules at the website. My own fault for not reading newspaper more often for updates and current affairs. I should not always be behind a book and be oblivious of my surroundings but it a habit hard to break lol.

 

The floating Logos Hope from afar. On the background is the bigger cruise ship Virgo.

 One for the album

 

Two decades version of me :)

 

 A series of murals on the wall depicting the story of a prodigal son.

The books I bought. 4 in all. RM52 in total - cheap.

The entrance fee is RM1 per adult. Once enter there is a mini theater in which we sat for a while for a short introduction and was briefed on  the flow of direction from the entrance to the exit. Then we proceeded to the book fair and I could have finished the tour in 10 minutes. I bought some books as part of donation cos out of  their 3 generators, 2 was down and they need some donation to purchase new generator for replacement. Herman donated RM10...how sweet...

The books were priced at units. 100 units is RM8. For easy reference there are charts at the side of the bookshelves. All sorts of books are available just like  a book shop should have. Cooking, fiction, motivation, spiritual, kids section etc...cds, ship mementos, souvenirs and such. It is not a very big ship, so the books are quite limited in varieties.

The story of the prodigal son is depicted in pictures on the wall. Good Story. There's also a cafe that cater for  snacks and soft drinks and lastly before exit they also have  a RM1 section selling magazine, pencils, small books etc...I liked the interior of the ship, it's kept neat, tidy and clean and only 1 deck is open to public. The sea was so calm, I don't feel any swaying at all. Loved every minute of it there.

Their world map.

A book lover I am. The End.