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Stong Women Weak Me

I was somewhat embarrissed at the last lodge as once I paid my bill the receptionist who was a slim 20 year old girl in a nice dress picked up my case, put it on her head and skipped up a steep gravel drive in bear feet! Yesterday the two women in this photo came down to the beach to collect building sand in sacks. When both sacks were full one helped the other lift it onto her head but they needed help to get trhe second sack up on the second head. Step forward the strong man who has been lifing bags of cement for the past year - I could not lift in on my own but two of us managed to get it up on her head and off she went up the beach. They realised I was weakling as for the next load they brought a third woman. The bags must have weighed over 40kgs!
Ramblings about very little

November 4th 2016
Geo: -11.607, 34.2794We have spent the last couple of days doing very little, that is what holidays are supposed to be isn't it although this is a bit of a novelty for us as we usually plan our trips such that we do something every day. We have borrowed a two person kayak and practised our Hawaii Five 0 skills (mostly going round in circles) and reading lots of books, I have particularly e ... read more
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