Rather than sit around again, I piled into a boat with Razak and Annie and headed to the village to help with the shopping for the week. We zoomed around the big island in a speedboat and ran some errands on the small island. We talked to some guys on boats then went into the [...]
Archive > May 1997
Cleaning Up the Beach
The day started out as another lazy day, but instead of doing nothing I went to Turtle Beach with garbage bags and attempted to clean up the beach. If anyone asked what I was doing, I said I was working on my tan. My only hope is that if people see me cleaning garbage they’ll [...]
The Shark
I moved to an A-frame on the edge of the lagoon. It is five Ringgits cheaper and it is much quieter than being in the long house with all the karaoke boys. The only problem is I have to deal with the bugs and small animals that like to come in for a visit. There [...]
Hara (Birthday)
It was a mellow relaxing day; a great day for a birthday. We played cards for most of the day and then took turns playing the guitar and harmonica. It was really low key and was exactly what I was looking for. For dinner we had barracuda and well into the evening drank rum and [...]
Catch of the Day
A huge catch was made today of barracudas, rays and red snappers. I watched them be cleaned and gutted. The ray was difficult to gut because of a huge bone that runs through its core. First the boys took the stinger out of the tail, what a nasty looking stinger. Then we examined its mouth; [...]
