The captain of the boat, relying on his experience, led Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to the sea area where dolphins often appeared. They suddenly found that there were more than a dozen small boats searching for dolphins just like Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo on the sea where they thought there were no people. Bosinga kept telling Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo.
Seeing dolphins requires a certain amount of luck, and there is no guarantee that you will see them. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo have been searching hard on the sea, hoping to find dolphins.
Sadly, after searching for more than 40 minutes, they didn't even see the shadow of a dolphin, but Yunluo began to feel dizzy. Although there was some water in the boat, in order to sit more steadily, he could only get on and off the wooden board on the boat and sit directly on the boat, which made him feel a little better.
Just when Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were about to despair, the captain suddenly turned on the motor and said there were dolphins ahead. At this moment, more than a dozen ships around them all rushed in one direction, just like "racing" on the sea.
Following the direction pointed by the captain, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo finally saw a dolphin - but there was only one! This cute dolphin jumped twice in the water and then disappeared...
Not long after, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo saw another dolphin, which was just like the previous one. It jumped twice and then disappeared. This was all that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo gained from their entire dolphin trip.
Bosinga told Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo that dolphins are social animals and usually appear in groups. If they are lucky, they can see many dolphins jumping in the sea, which is quite a spectacular scene. However, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo did not have such good luck today.
The captain of the boat started to turn back to the shore, but Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi were still unwilling to give up. They found that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were the first to turn back, so they asked to search for a while longer. They would go back when other boats turned back. However, they found nothing in the next 20 minutes.
Not far from the shore, bossinga said that we could snorkel here, so we stopped the boat. Yunluo, the host, couldn't swim, so only Nalan Shiqi went down to play. But this snorkeling was really a rip-off. They just gave us a pair of glasses and a breathing tube, and then asked us to go in the water to see. The snorkeling quality of that sea was not good at all.
It was nothing like the snorkeling scene Yunluo had seen on TV before, with all kinds of small fish swimming in the clear sea. Nalan Shiqi played for five or six minutes but saw nothing.
Now think about it, last night Bosinga told Nalanshiqi and Yunluo that the price also included snorkeling, Nalanshiqi and Yunluo thought it was worth it, because normally just watching dolphins would cost 40-45 dollars per person. Now it seems that the so-called snorkeling can be completely ignored.
When we returned to the shore, we found that although there was no beach here, there were many creatures in the shallows, which was incomparable to Paje.
When Nalanshiqi and Yunluo were strolling on the beach, they met a local guy (hereafter referred to as Xiaohei). He had just come back from the sea and asked Nalanshiqi and Yunluo if they wanted to go snorkeling. The price was $20 per person, and the goggles and snorkel were $2 per person. Nalanshiqi and Yunluo thought the price was reasonable, so they agreed.
The snorkeling time was scheduled at one o'clock. Now thinking about it, choosing this time was definitely a tragedy. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi went back to the hotel to put down all their things and rest for a while. Then they went to the agreed place to wait for their fishing boat to come back to pick up Lan Shiqi and Yunluo.
The fishing boat that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were on was completely different from the one they had used to watch dolphins in the morning. It was a primitive small wooden boat. It was covered with a large canvas and moved forward entirely by wind power. The boatman was Xiaohei's uncle and brother. As soon as they got on the boat, they suddenly realized that there were no life jackets. Yunluo said that she couldn't swim, so how could she snorkel without a life jacket?
Xiao Hei told Yun Luo that it was okay, the snorkeling area was very shallow. He could step on the seabed with his feet, and he gestured to Yun Luo, saying that it was only as deep as his chest. So Yun Luo foolishly believed him.
The boat kept going to the deep sea, and the deeper it went, the deeper it felt that the water was not only one meter deep. Yunluo asked Xiaohei several times to make sure that Yunluo could step on the seabed, and Xiaohei confidently said yes. After about 40 minutes of sailing, Xiaohei said that the snorkeling place had arrived, and then he jumped in.
Nalan Shiqi can swim, so she put on her gear and jumped in. Because there are two pieces of wood on both sides of the boat (see the picture above, Yunluo tried to get into the water by holding onto the wood first - Yunluo, damn, it can't touch the bottom of the sea at all! Moreover, Yunluo wears glasses and the degree is not low, how can he wear swimming goggles?
But since I was already here and had spent the money, and Nalan Shiqi kept saying there were so many beautiful fish on the seabed, it tempted Yunluo. So, I tried my best and adopted a snorkeling posture that no one had ever seen before or since.
He sat on the wood, holding the wood with his right hand to prevent himself from falling, holding his glasses with his left hand and sticking them outside his swimming goggles, then bent down and put his face into the sea...Finally, Yunluo saw the fish!
The scenery on the seabed was nice, but Yunluo never saw the colorful fish and other underwater creatures that Nalan Shiqi had mentioned. Moreover, Yunluo had to sit up every one or two minutes, otherwise his arms would not be able to support the wood.
Xiao Hei is a really good swimmer. He dived to the bottom of the sea without any equipment. Then he picked up a lot of big starfish of various colors for Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo. It's really awesome!
After playing for about two hours, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo started their journey back.
Back on shore, Xiao Hei needs to go back to the hotel with Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to get money. On the way, he promised to pick a coconut for Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo from his own coconut tree. When picking coconuts, there are some thorny plants on the ground. Xiao Hei reminds Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to be careful not to get pricked.
However, Nalan Shiqi still got pricked accidentally. This was nothing, but when Xiao Hei found out, he laughed hard and kept laughing all the way, saying that he had reminded Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo. He laughed like this for about an hour, and Yunluo almost collapsed. How could this guy be so happy? Life was too boring.
On the way back, Yunluo began to feel a burning sensation in her calves. This was the beginning of the whole tragedy. It took an hour to walk to the hotel. When she returned, she found that her entire calves were red and had a strong burning sensation. Only then did she realize that she was sunburned. From the afternoon, the burning sensation in the area below the thigh became more and more intense.
Cold water and ice packs didn't help. At night, the burning sensation turned into itching - this itching came and went, each time painful and continuous, and I couldn't sleep all night.
After dawn, the itching didn't get better at all, and my legs couldn't walk anymore. My muscles were stiff, and I needed Nalan Shiqi's support to walk. I became a disabled person! So I spent the whole day in bed in the hotel.
The author has spent a lot of words here to talk about his miserable experience, mainly to tell you that you really should not take sun protection lightly! And you must use 50 times sunscreen. I highly recommend Shiseido's small gold bottle, which is really awesome - Yunluo's lower body was sunburned.
I had no problems at all in the first half of my life because I applied it. Although the Little Golden Bottle was later exposed to contain excessive cadmium, it is the lesser of two options. It shouldn't be a big problem to use it occasionally.
The scary sun at night seemed much milder, and after a day of cooping up, they decided to go out for a walk. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi planned to go to the restaurant opened by bossinga to see if there was anything delicious. On the way, they met a black guy who tried to chat with them. He heard that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were going to Stone City the next day.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
He enthusiastically recommended to Nalanshiqi and Yunluo to hire his car to go there. In the end, it seemed that the deal was made for 45 dollars (I don't remember clearly). Bosinga's hotel is located in the center of Paje, and it takes about 30 minutes to walk there. Bosinga expressed deep sympathy after seeing Yunluo's legs, but said that there was no better way.
After dinner, bosinga drove Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo back home for their safety.
Today we were going to Stone City as planned. After a day of rest, Yunluo's poor legs were no longer itchy. Although they were still in pain, they could basically walk independently. In the morning, the car arrived as scheduled. Xiao Hei enthusiastically helped Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo with their luggage. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were surprised to see the driver, who turned out to be Bosinga.
It turned out that Xiao Hei was his subordinate, responsible for soliciting customers. Yunluo and the others sincerely admired Bosinga's business acumen.
It takes about an hour and a half to drive to Stone City. The Warehouse where Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo stayed is near the pier, and transportation is very convenient.
At noon, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo went to find the "Pagoda Restaurant" recommended by many people. On the way, they met a middle-aged black man who saw Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo looking at the map and enthusiastically offered to take Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo there.
Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo thought that African brothers were just warm and enthusiastic, but after they arrived, they asked Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to pay tips, and at first they even complained that it was too little. They were speechless.
The Pagoda Restaurant is run by one person, but the owner is basically localized. His Cantonese cuisine is good, especially seafood. A big crab costs only 40 RMB.
In the evening, while walking in the square, I met a compatriot named Xiao Li who worked in Tanzania. He had been working in Tanzania for three years after graduating from Beijing Institute of Technology. During the conversation, he told Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo that before he left home, he always felt that there were some shortcomings in his motherland, but it was only when he came to a foreign country that he realized that his motherland was the most beautiful.
Xiao Li also enthusiastically invited Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to have a drink at the best viewing bar on Sang Island. He expressed his gratitude to Xiao Li again and said that he would thank him again when he returns to Beijing next time. (To be continued...)