Another beautiful day in another heaven in earth.
Today was highlighted by 3 events.
1) swimming under the pier this morning, hanging out (actually rather IN the water) with a dozen of giant turtles eating out the surrounding underwater pastures. Magical! Then discovering a whole family of gorgeous red lion fish (mommy, daddy, 4 kids). I had never seen any of such bright red colors before. The nearby family of murrey eels (mommy and 5 kids) was not so happy of our presence...
2) John made us discover what is now my favorite dish, Bagu Bagu, in a little hut right in front of our pier. Soooooo delicious. Sticky rice slices, soy beans, boiled eggs, sweet and spicy peanut sauce, and a couple of chips. Absolutely yummy! I liked it so much that I actually reordered another plate of it right after in finished my first plate.
3) the four of went walking around the island on the hunt to try and harvest a couple of coconuts, papayas, and jack fruits to make our own fruit salad. Ha! How naive of us. If there would have been any ripe fruits easy to harvest, the locals would have already corrected them and not wanted for us to do so. Duh! So yes, naive us. But the process was quite entertaining and filled with joyful encounters, including a group of three little boys trying to imitate their grown up parents. They had a couple of baby fishes they probably hunted themselves in a bucket, couple of pieces of metal fences they used as a grill, and they were using dry wood and palms to light up a fire. Yes you got it, they were making a BBQ, children style and everything at their own scale, even the fishes. Absolutely adorable, and reminded in many way of my childhood. No matter where you grow up, you always try to imitate what you see your parents do most often.
Anyhow, no yummy fruit salad for our stomachs but delicious and wonderful sights for our eyes and memories.
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