The first half of today was like a page out of an adventure novel. I rented a kayak and paddled around "big rock" (see the big rock in the photo in tomorrow's post) to Monkey Island. Monkey Island isn't an official name -- essentially any island close to tourists with monkeys on it is called "monkey island". There is a small beach on this specific instantiation of monkey island that's good for resting and watching the butterflies flirt after the upwind journey. There were other couples from Bananas Bungalows already soaking up whatever UV rays made it through the layer of clouds above. Midway through my visit one of the guests had their orange stolen by a macaque monkey.
On the way back I explored some of the sea caves around Monkey Island. I've called these "islands" up to this point, but they're more akin to sea stacks, like this. The geology is very impressive. It looks as if someone put a giant cylinder in the sea and then dripped liquid sediments of various kinds atop it. Near the base of the sea stacks are many well-preserved trilobite fossils -- meaning the rock at the base is at least 250 million years old.
While exploring the sea caves, it began to rain outside. I attempted to dash to "big rock" to avoid the worst of it, but was caught in the first five minutes of the downpour. I waited out the remaining 20 minutes of rain and waves in a sea cave before paddling back to the bungalows. The tide had withdrawn by then and I had to drag my 2-person kayak across the sands.
The rest of the day was spent reading and playing card games with other guests.
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