Dorothy and Caroline took off a little while later, heading back to shore and a flight back to Melbourne. Jen and I relaxed on the top deck and only realized in the evening that we had succeeded in burning ourselves quite well. We did a drive by (sail by?) of a pearl farm and then sailed to a local fishing village, to see the school. It basically consisted of a few rooms floating amongst the houseboats, and the teacher who spoke with us was very sweet. Although she never said directly, she hinted at how hard it was to live on the school boat five days a week, with a two hour journey back to the mainland on the weekends. I can only imagine.
After that, an amazing lunch, again, where the chef seemed to forget he was only cooking for two now. Tam, our guide, took us into a secret little cave that required a flash light, and thought he was pretty funny when he pretended not to know how to get back. (Actually, he was pretty funny, but the complete darkness kinda freaked me out, and made me wish I had brought my headlamp!)
We went for a swim when we got back to the boat, but scared ourselves with Jen's stories of the giant catfish that live in the bay! We bought some water off the women who row up with their boats filled with Pringles and Choco Pies (wtf?) and then I decided to give up my previous dislike of Oreos, since I was craving chocolate so bad!
Everyone lazed around after that, with a few of the crew sacked out, sleeping on the boat. Later, when we dropped anchor for the night, Jen and I protected our sunburned bodies by reading in the shade while the crew played cards in the Captain's quarters. It was a mix of feeling decadent, having the boat all to ourselves, and feeling like one of the crew, which was pretty cool.
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i'm going to start telling people that you owned a boat in Thailand and got vietnameise servants that took you all around. You guys spent your time searching for gold in a dark cave and even special ordered American Pringles and Oreos. You guys ordered the crew to kick 2 aussie girls off for they were jumping around like kangaroos because they missed their homeland. But you guys were nice enough to give the crew a break and let the them sleep and play cards on the deck while you guys were fanned with giant leaves by, however hunky they can be, asian men.
please, don't let my misspelling of Vietnamese get in the way of that beautifully written comment.
And after being fanned by said hunky Asian men, Jen and Kristen came upon a mythical floating city filled with pearl farms and schools, hence the origin of the term, "pearls of wisdom." After conversing with school teacher of said floating school, they commenced a session of blindfolded boxing. A couple rounds here and there, with some crab stuffed fish and shrimp head balls during the intermissions.
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