We got the first boat out to bamboo island where it poured down even through the bar. The bungalows were a nightmare and certainly didn't meet even the now relaxed Swiss hygiene standards so we fled back to the mainland. The entertainment was provided by Mai from Ho Chi Minh who was on a 3 island boat trip. She was half the height and weight of the Swissters!!! First she jumped off the boat and lost her glasses. I found my goggles & jumped in, dived down and there they were! Simone then gave her relationship guidance as she was 29 and afraid of being left on the shelf and was being toyed with by a Canadian tour guide.
Back on the mainland, Simone and I hired a motorbike and headed in search of a place to stay for 10 nights that was affordable and clean. And we found the wee Strawberry (La Fraise by the beach!) run by Dublin Don and a Cambodian family. This part of Ostres beach was the quiet, family, older couple end of the otherwise heinous tourist hole.
This morning after taiji on the narrow hightide beach Simone & I walked to the end of the beach only to find Dora, the lesbian from Melbourne who with 4 business partners was creating The Secret Garden resort with aircon bungalows, pool etc. We had tea & coffee and a game of ping pong with a couple of Cambidian kids.
I'm going to give Sim a Tui Na massage on the beach lounger at Banana Tree beach, then listen to Chinese language lesson. Cornelia has gone to post office in town then tonight they're going to christen the draught beer from the newly installed tap and maybe try out the pool at the secret garden!
Life is sweet on the slow wave.
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