I go to get this in my annual commitments one of these years.

We are now closing in on our next island – Monu. The rocks are sharp and vertical. Apparently, some time back some tourist got hurt there. Now, it is illegal for tourists to get into the island. But there is a perfect cove for swimming around in sheer blue, shallow waters. In fact, people were jumping from the top of the boat!

I was a little worried by the prospect of having to swim back to the boat. The boat had, by now, moved further downstream to pick up the snorkelers. About thrice the distance as the original swim. The guide said half the distance we can just wade thru. But this was the same guide who mixed up his feet and meters. For all you know, when he says “wade”, he might be mixing up my feet with my head too.

Fortunately, we just hailed one of this small dinghy style boats (motorized) that was going around and hitched a hike to our boat.