beach-sun-beach-swim

it is amazing how little you can do and not get bored. i spent my days reading, laying at the beach, swimming, eating (pineapple!), taking a walk along the shore, watching movies, drinking beer or cocktails, writing mails, occasionally do some laundry...
the sea is so warm, it is like a bath tub. even at night (me and johanna went for a midnight dip last night) the water has a pleasant temperature. during the day the water feels like 30 degrees.
yesterday we got up early to go on a boat trip to see the dolphins. we saw many of them, jumping out of the water and coming quite close to our boat. it was beautiful!
johanna and i are good travel companions! especially here in palolem we take things easy and just go with the flow. we spent a lot of time on our balcony watching people, smoking a cigarette and eating pineapple or drinking a beer at night. we play like little kids in the water and have a lot of fun. johanna sleeps like 14 hours a day and i tease her about it but then i just get up and go for a swim in the morning and read until she gets up. we never argue but seem to be on the same level. the beauty of our friendship is that we can have amazing conversations but also enjoy silence and be comfortable in each others company even when not talking.
we seem to complete each other: she has the torch and the pocket knife, i have the sunscreen and the bug repellent. just little things like that, make it seem like we were meant to meet. she is leaving tomorrow and i will surely miss her.

our favorite restaurants:

the blue planet: organic food, belongs to a german woman. amazing breakfast, they have scrambled tofu and great juices.
smuggler's inn: british pub, the owner is from the uk. great food though a little pricey. the best thing is that they have a little room where you can watch movies and they have a decent selection to choose from.
cuba: nice place to chill at night, though they do not have our favorite brand of beer.
cafe del mare: chilled location to hang out after dinner, can smoke the waterpipe, the cocktails are so so (the add sprite to a mojito....what can you do????).