In the morning I had a touch of diarrhea, but otherwise felt okay. By lunchtime, I was not feeling well at all and went back to room. In ended up spending Monday, Tuesday and most of Wednesday in my room. I had stomach pains and diarrhea. The worst part was Monday evening and night. I was exhausted and sleeping off and on. When I woke up and looked at my watch, I couldn't quite understand what I saw. I comprehended that they were numbers, but didn't know what they were for. I just didn't grasp that they represented time.
Tim and the kids spent one day visiting parts of the island and another on a day boat excursion. Unfortunately, after our second day there, it started to rain. My understanding is that we were feeling the effects of the tsunami in Indonesia.
By Wednesday evening, I felt well enough to go to dinner with the family. We had grilled seafood, that while smelling fantastic, was a little bit disappointing. The grilled squid was greed good though.
Thursday we visited the beach with the grandfather and grandmother rocks. The reasons for the name is that there are two rock formations there that resemble human genitals. When you see the grandfather rock, it definitely looks like a penis. The legend is about a grandfather and grandmother sailing to look for their grandchild and crashing and dying on the island.
After lunch we visited the big Buddha temple. We might have visited some other sites, but the off and on rain made it much less pleasant.
On our final full day, we stayed at the hotel. There was quite a bit of rain that day, so we didn't get to spend as much time at the beach.
Nothing really exciting happened on our trip back on Saturday. We did see some wrecked cars on the side of the road. In at least one of the accidents, it would not be at all surprising to learn that there were fatalities.
This certainly wasn't my favorite vacation. The rain and sickness certainly dampened the fun a bit. Still, the family had a good time.
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