Friday, October 20, 2006

Playing Robinson Crusoe






We met the islands dog Pana the first day while he was chasing sharks. Seeing as there's no rabbits or critters on the island (except hermit crabs) for him to chase, he waits on the beach until some of the reef sharks swim close to shore then goes bolting out into the water to chase them. Watching him tense up before he sprang was hilarious. The sharks have no problem evading him but it doesn't dampen his enthusiasim.
On either side of our Motu are deserted islands with a few hundred yards of ocean between them and us. Marianne and I mastered a technique to cross to these other Motu's we called "Swalking" which is a cross between swimming and walking. Pana would swim with us ( to short to touch bottom) for a really long time although she would scout out the taller coral heads and climb up on them for a rest along the way. She also took to sleeping in our hut. One night I heard some noise by thew front window, I looked over there and saw a black shape sleeping in the spare bed. That dog's no fool.
I also posted a picture of the huts lighting system.
posted by Marianne and Bryant at 5:10 PM

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