Feb 28 2007

Malapascua walk

Published by at 9:12 pm under Scott's Adventures,Uncategorized

Our gay neighbor has decided to play with fire, and has complained to the house’s owner about the generator. The Pepitos are up in arms about it, and the owner has dismissed the complaint and encourages us to use and abuse the generator as often as we need. After Seb’s “heroic” effort to placate the situation, this complaint really ticks him off, and he decrees that we’ll run the generator as late as we can take the noise ourselves.

It’s a beautiful day (ok, they’re all beautiful, but this one especially so), and we decide to walk the island and see what we can find. We spend several hours strolling through “villagettes,” watching fisherman organize their nets or lining up all their hooks on the side of a box of fishing line, stroll under the myriad of laden palm trees (being careful not to hang out too long below them lest we get brained by a falling nut!), and generally admiring the lengths of white sand beach and the innocence of it all!

We find a small i-cafe and catch up a bit on our browsing, and wander the stalls to do a bit of shopping. Our Las Vegas casino playing cards are starting to swell and fray from the hours of use by us and the family, so we pickup a couple new sets. By the time we get back, a marathon Rummy session is in full swing, and our new cards are warmly received.

I’ve become passable at the game, and I decide to buy a couple large bottles of 5 year Tanduay (for a grand total of $4!) to liven up the game. Pretty soon it’s “winner drinks,” then “loser drinks,” and finally “winner and loser both drink!” (thanks Seb!). I keep a glass for drinking between hands for good measure, and it’s not long before I’m properly sauced – I don’t recall what happened much after that (total memory loss, oooo that Tanduay is evil!) but apparently I was the life of the party, and was seen staggering into the ocean and eventually helped up to bed by some kindly souls (ah, the sacrifices I make to improve international relations!)

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