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Guraidhoo, Maldives.27° at 11.30am.
This is a very small island, south of Malé.Not too far, about 2 hours by local ferry.
The sea is great here! Beautiful colour, white sand beaches and a nice reef that is just outside the little port… you can swim straight out from the dock to the reef.
Plenty of colourful reef fish, also some mantas and saw a couple of turtles this morning too.
There’s a point near to the harbour wall where nurse sharks gather, and another point with stingrays.
There are a handful of small guesthouses and a couple of local restaurants, it’s a quiet place… perhaps 10-20 other foreigners staying on the island now.
There’s a long stretch of bikini beach which is nice for swimming, though it’s all sand there,no reef nearby… the water is very shallow of course,we are inside an atoll.
I had traditional Maldivian breakfast this morning,mashuni… which is tuna with coconut,chili and onion, that you eat with freshly made roti.Pretty good!
Yesterday was the first time in a couple of months that I decided to wear a hoodie before going outside. I guess summer’s officially over soon.
I had another screw drilled into my skull yesterday. I already had a tooth implant because of losing a milk tooth in my mid 20s, and recently my last one decided to retire and I needed to replace it with an artificial one. I had a late evening appointment, and the doctor asked if I had a nice day so far 🤣 and I was like, I did, but seems like it’s about to change. He was convinced that it is not that bad at all. After the procedure, he said “well, you didn’t feel a thing, right?” Well, no, except you drilling a freaking hole and putting a screw into my jaw. It was hard to miss. Anyway, yesterday I had quite a lot of pain, so I had an ibuprofen and early bedtime with horror podcast episode (this one is very, very scary. I love it). I feel much better today.
The human to machine ratio is decreasing. How long till I lose the last vestiges of humanity?
I checked in on first cousin once removed (cousin’s child) and a acquaintance from high school on social media. My relative which I haven’t seen since a issue with his genitals has since become a bodybuilder or something judging by his posts. My acquaintance who was an engineering student I last heard about doing a masters degree a bit more than a year ago has started acting as a hobby. Strange what people get into after not seeing them for a while.
Does anyone have a memory foam mattress topper? If you do, is it worth it?
I saw some kids are going back to school today after the summer break. I still experience second-hand dread on their behalf even though I left school decades ago.