Day 33

Air / Water temperature: 31°C (26°C at night) / 26°C

Wind direction / Bft: South-southwest / 2

Area: KARDAMOMIA (barely moved water) – Nautical chart showing the route

Combuse: Bullet tuna (700 g) remove intestines, fillet and pull off the skin. Mix to make a sauce 20 g chopped coriander leaves, 30 g finely chopped green onions, 3 seeded and finely chopped green chillies, juice of 3 limes, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon sugar. Let stand for about 15 minutes. Lightly salt and pepper the fish fillets, fry in a little olive oil 1½ minutes per side, garnish with dressing. (More recipes from the Chief cook of «PS Narina»)

On land there is always a light that is directed on our deeds. Every day wishes to be duly armed with its meaning and its purpose. But the water has no qualms over splitting up this ray into a thousand glittering flickers. Does one so suddenly see the facets of time? Is that the origin of the thought that there is little difference between doing and not doing? Or, is it the endless flow of water that influences and channels our own emotions?   

The unceasing activity of the small waves gives me the freedom, or so it seems, to do nothing in particular, to let the day simply be carried along like a swimmer’s body, on which hangs neither an anchor nor a fishing line. I gaze at the wrinkling game of the water surface, this facial expression, which means everything at the same time, and I imagine that the body of water strains itself so much for me that it is in my service. 

Oskar also seems very quiet – whereupon I ask myself if, in ant life, there is a distinction between the extraordinary and the ordinary.

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