Bye bye pretty island

The longest day ever

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August 8th 2009
Day 110 (Saturday 08/08/09, NJJ) The wind and rain kept us awake much of the night. Checked out of the resort. Sat in the restaurant for a time. Had delicious lunch. Lay on sun loungers for ½ hour. After saying bye to everyone our boat left the island at 2pm. Jamie stood for majority of the trip as it was so bumpy that it kept jarring his back. Minibus took us to Raffles where we could use the fa ... read more

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