Day 89 – The people make the stay
We woke up early for breakfast to make our 11am COVID tests. Once again, we opted for breakfast curry and sparkling wine. This time, J mixed her spicy chickpea masala with some fried eggs. It was delicious. Of course we sat next to Michael, Nina and Liam/Otto. Nina informed us that even the jungle cats could only finish about half of the leftover meat from Michael’s birthday party.
We then headed off for our 12th COVID test. This nurse is our favourite COVID tester. She is friendly, quick and to the point. We walked to the dive shop where J swapped out her short fins for full-size fins and then took the long-ish walk back to the villa instead of taking the buggy. On the way, we ran into Karl and Melanie. Karl, noticing S’ beaded hair for the first time, got really animated and said it looked like Keith Richards’ hair. But he still won’t produce S’ song.
S went back to the clothing-optional pool. J took one more stab at snorkelling. Although this time she had the right fins, the weather was overcast and the visibility was rubbish. In addition, her snorkel was malfunctioning. Hopefully she has better luck in Zanzibar. We took one last dip in the ginormous tub. S had to have a conference call with his US tax advisor. Apparently the US IRS does not respect the fact that S is on a world tour and taxes are quite an inconvenience.
We then headed to happy hour and decided to order room service from the bar. Of course we ran into Michael, Nina and Liam/Otto, but they packed it in early. Nina also agreed with J that the snorkelling conditions are not easy here so J felt a little better about her total snorkelling FAIL.
After dinner, we headed back so J could get a head start on packing. As this is a multi-hour affair and quite complicated, she was happy to get most of it done before heading to bed. We should note that while we thought we wouldn’t make friends and were prepared to slit our wrists in the ginormous tub, Nina, Michael and Liam/Otto really made our stay. This is further proof that the people you meet can dramatically affect the time you have, no matter where you stay.
