We woke up this morning and walked the trail to Long Beach in the dark with the flashlights looking for the over-sized lizard that I saw yesterday. The walk across the small P
erhentian island at the narrow point took about 20 minutes. We were rewarded not with a sighting of the oversized lizard, but by a beautiful sunrise on the East facing Long Beach.
Two meals at Ewan’s place. A sunrise morning. Fish swimming around us, eating out of the palm of our hands. Colorful fish. Lots of fish. A fish drean experience. Warm morning waters of Long Beach. We hiked up the trail in the darkness and the torch was still burning in the morning from the prior nights festivities. A few taxi boat drivers arriving to pick up passengers and people that booked an excursion and needed to go somewhere else. We were where we needed to be already. Viena and Ezra are really loving snorkeling in the warm water – without a snorkel. All you need are your swim googles and you are ready. And we were ready. I have waited 44 years to have fish surrounding me eating out of the palm of my hand – cute small colorful fish, not like salmon. But maybe the fishermen need to try feeding the fish some white bread. When we returned to our chalet without A/C, I went on a run around the island. I love being able to run around islands. An island runner. Anyway, the water taxi driver mentioned this morning that the island did not have any trails and all the maps that you see that have trails marked are wrong. Well, he was mistaken, or trying to earn some more business in the area of water taxi. I was able to run easily from Coral Bay around the southern tip and all the way back to Long Beach. I say easily, not because the run was easy, but the trail can be easily found. Follow the red brick road. Took about 3 hours. Nice Run/Walk/Hike. Found some great beaches along the way.
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