We were brave, trying everything we could, being different from anything and anyone we knew! This day was no exception to that.
Do you remember, we bought a rubber boat? This boat in particular was nothing exceptional, and it was just big enough to fit both of us, the whiskey, and the Oreos.
Getting down there, we drove down a hill and parked next to the fishing boats; it stank, but hey, it wasn’t a big deal, we were heading to the “beach.”
So there we were, standing on this “beach” that certainly wasn’t a beach if I remember correctly. It was the end of a cliff with some sand washed up from the ocean.
We took out the boat and all of its accessories. I started inflating it, and blimey, it was tough that day; the sun was high in the sky, and it was hot! We started assembling it, and the task was arduous, as neither of us knew what we were doing with this boat and how to do it. We couldn’t read Chinese so the instructions were useless.
Eventually, we got the boat blown up and now came the roof. The roof was at that moment just draconian. So, we decided to toss the top and get into the boat. Let’s go rowing.
Just as we were about to get in, the wind started picking up, but knowing nothing about the effect it would have, we went balls to the wall. We started rowing and rowing, we were fighting the wind and there was water splashing us from all sides. Trying to figure this rowing thing out, we were standing dead still on the water going nowhere but sweating like we were running marathons from rowing.
We walked away saying we probably would never do that again, but we got a hell of a sunburn and story from it.