swim, swam, flim flam

Yup,

It was Trieste and I's one year anniversary on Sunday. But actually you all will be celebrating it on Monday because the dateline screws everything up and we still can't understand it no matter how much we try. In addition we are still trying to figure out exactly where we are in relation to fixed areas like Australia and Japan. The truth is that maps are inaccurate and no one in a major country really gives a shit about this place so it will probably remain a mystery. Trieste may be right that the dateline was put here because nobody lives here, and nobody who does live here cares anything about dates or time.

Whoa, heady.

But we had a great day anyway. We happened to get invited to join an excursion to the the southern tip of the island and swim and snorkel and generally just relax and have fun on a boat. We saw a bunch of dolphins and it was surreal and incredible. I saw a stingray bury itself in the sand and that really freaked me out because it completely disappeared. I tried using a paddle board which is a big surf board that you stand on and use a paddle to move around. Trieste was really good at this, I could not stay on this thing for more than a few seconds. We had sandwiches and got bizzaro sunburns from being outside so much.

We ate a nice dinner at a hotel with the captain of the boat, we shared a pork chop and fish teriyaki dinners. It was delicious and much needed after so much exercise. Since we had to be at school on Monday we just watched a movie and went to bed.

I hope everyone is doing well.

jp