Saturday, August 12, 2006

A simulation?

My watch tells me it’s Saturday 12th, but I have seriously lost all track of time. The last 3 or 4 days have been similarly uneventful and relaxing. The days begin with breakfast overlooking the sea watching shoals of fish jumping in the waves. We are always first up. Next come the couple from England who get up to put their towels down on the best sun beds. We have hardly left the resort the whole time we have been here. The place is so perfect that it seems like a simulation: The outdoor restaurant plays good music – chill out, Buddha Bar, classical, Bossa nova, jazz – all the stuff we play at home to relax. The food at the restaurant is light and flavorsome and trendy: steamed fish in ginger and so on. At night you feel like you are the only people dining at isolated little tables under a jasmine tree or on the beach. Each evening we sip exquisite cocktails as a perfect sun sets. A few hours later, a perfect moon rises in the cloudless sky. Everyday is sunny but temperatures are kept down by a refreshing light breeze. The pool is crisp and cool and deep and devoid of any kids. One or two small children arrived but they were quiet and well behaved and were kept out of the way. The other guests are polite and friendly but everyone keeps to themselves. The place is fully occupied but it never feels crowded. How can a place like this be real?

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