Trying to get some sleep at Sun Jam

We get back on the boat and wave paradise goodbye. We have a slow breakfast at Thomson’s bakery on the mainland. Then head back for more much-needed sleep.
Later there are tales of woe from a few travellers who had bags stolen last night. We feel lucky but really we have no problem because we were careful. I slept with my wallet in my sleeping bag and Al slept on the rucksack. Nothing was left accessible. Anyway it turns out the thieves – three local guys – used the return boat as a get away and were spotted with four full rucksacks of stuff. They are now in the jail on the island. Hopefully everyone will get their kit back.
Later we meet Doug and Rich again. Doug is very tired and didn’t enjoy the party much. They’ve got a night dive to do tonight. We agree to meet them for a beer after. We see the after effects of what must be a local fight. A man with blood all over his head is lying in a crowd of people. Island matters – local disputes. The island itself is beautiful but the people here are not. They’re nice enough but are messy and have no culture nor, it seems much intelligence. Perhaps it is all the inbreeding of a close-knit population. They are always moaning about something. Life is slow and dull for them here.
We enjoy roast beef for dinner (it’s a Sunday) and get bitten alive – we’re getting complacent about the bugs. Then we sit out on the porch of our hotel. We cut down a coconut from the tree and drink the milk and decide (luckily since we leave tomorrow) that we’ve been here long enough and it’s time to move on. We’ve been away four weeks tomorrow, and it feels like a long time but also no time at all. At the beginning of the holiday I felt time was going too slowly. Now I am really enjoying it and I know that despite wanting to go back home to be with everyone again, in just a short couple of weeks I hand over my life inexplicably to work and lose the freedom to do this sort of thing. I think I will feel the loss but maybe not for a few years yet.

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