Island Trek: Arriving
Mar. 13th, 2010 08:06 pmWhen I hear of people who set stories in places where they've never been I always think that no matter how much you read about a place, it's never going to be quite what you expected. Which is really a good thing, or by bother travelling? You could just look at places on web sites.
The trip over on the ferry took about 40 minutes. We saw no seals, dolphins, southern right whales (with or without their calves) and even fairy penguins. The latter were offered as the consolation animal: if we see nothing else, there'll be the penguin. Long 40 minutes. The water was so smooth it looked like a blue glass floor lifting and rising.
The first recognisable building as we approached the island was this little cottage out on its own on the hill. "What was that for?" "I don't know."
( More! Bet you didn't know what until I told you. )
The trip over on the ferry took about 40 minutes. We saw no seals, dolphins, southern right whales (with or without their calves) and even fairy penguins. The latter were offered as the consolation animal: if we see nothing else, there'll be the penguin. Long 40 minutes. The water was so smooth it looked like a blue glass floor lifting and rising.
The first recognisable building as we approached the island was this little cottage out on its own on the hill. "What was that for?" "I don't know."
( More! Bet you didn't know what until I told you. )
