Sunset

Here is just a taste of what we get most every night. This actually does not do some of the sunsets we have seen justice. Last night when we went for our walk on the beach, a guy ran out and introduced himself as “Bobbi.” He said he was just going out for a walk and he asked if he could “shadow” us. We said yes and he proceeded to practice his English with us. At one point he whipped out a pocket translator, which leads me to believe that our nightly walks are getting a little too predictable. After a while he said he needed to see a friend and left us to continue our walk.

The waves were much larger then normal, maybe because it was high tide and/or the moon, who knows. We say down to enjoy the changing colors. There were other people doing the same up and down the beach. There was a father and son sitting of to our right and beyond them a guy trying to body surf. After a little a group of kids collecting the sand crabs came wondering by. He would try to pounce on them as the crabs tried to make it to the water. Sometimes they would even get them all the waves were receding, I am still trying to figure out how they saw those crabs swimming. One little guy with his two top front teeth missing came and sat just 5 feet from Laura and I. I noted he was on Laura’s side and he really didn’t mind staring at her, even more then I was. He didn’t say a word, he just sat and either watched the sunset or Laura. Laura and I continued our conversation and I would smile at him every so often. After a little bit he got up and ran into the water and caught another crab. He did not have a water bottle to put it in so he brought is back to where we were and dig a little hole in the sand and threw it in there. Then he ran back into the waves to wash off. I thought he was going to leave the crab there but soon he came back and slowly dug until the crab tried to make a break for the sea again. The crab really couldn’t see too well with all the sand on its eye I’m thinking but whatever the reason this kid caught him right up. Then he offered the crab as a friendship offering to Laura and she dug a hole and buried the crab. Oh, we were making friends now! She dug the crab up and when she re-caught it he just beamed. By then it was late and we stood up and started to walk home. After a little he started to talk to Laura but he knew no English and Laura could only say she knew no Bahasa. He walked with us right up till we went into our house and patiently watched as I locked up the gate. Then I waved and said “salamat siang” or good evening and he was off.