Normally I wake up around 7 or 7:30. I take a quick shower and make coffee. If there's time, we drink it on the balcony and make breakfast or eat at a restaurant. If not then we get takeout and put the coffee in a thermos to take on the boat. It's the tail end of monsoon and there are still big waves at Long Beach so boats are not parking there. Instead they are parking on the other side of the island at Coral Bay and you have to cross the island to Long Beach by taking a 15-minute walk on a jungle trail while listening to birds, chipmunks, and crickets that sound like thousands of ringing bells. The trail is a good place for wake and bake. Some days I only cross once or twice. Other days I cross 4 or 5 times. If we have customers for snorkeling then we round everyone and their gear up and head out to look for sharks, turtles, and an array of reef fish. Sometimes I relax on the boat and sometimes I lead the customers to find the good fish spots in the water. If we have a sporty type on the boat, usually we can talk them into going wakeboarding. If Azmie is riding the wakeboard then I am usually driving. Otherwise, Azmie normally drives unless he needs to do some fiddling with the engine while it's running or something. During the snorkel trips we try to find a nice, quiet and secluded beach to stop at for relaxing and swimming. After we return to the island, we shower, sometimes nap, maybe surf or canoe, or maybe gather up wood for our bungalow... Oh, by the way, did I tell you we're building a bungalow?
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