Edward is lucky to be alive

The morning started with a nice breakfast overlooking the beautiful panorama that we would be losing as we gave up our hillside cabin for an in town economy dig. After breakfast I ducked back inside to lay down again and fell back asleep, but not for long... E was frantic, for he discovered his wallet was missing. He had it the night prior when we paid the cab and he was fairly certain he had set it on the cubby in the room.. but after turning things inside out and searching all the bags, he decided to walk the path from our cabin back to the office to see if it had fallen out of his pocket.

 

Now, all the maids who had been bringing breakfast to our room were asked if they had seen it and the office manager even tried calling the cab driver.

The wallet had $1,200 in it, so we were worried, and then I noticed that the credit card was missing from my wallet, which hadn't left the room since we checked in...  we checked out of the cabin and got a ride into town and went to our DW motel, where we left our bags, and as the room was not ready yet, we decided to walk into town to get a phone card to report the credit card missing.  But on the walk, in the blazing sun, I was feeling like I wasn't going to make it and we stopped and were arguing with each other when, from across the street a voice calls out, "can I help you?"

 

It was a young Palauan who is in the US Army who was home on leave because his dad had died and he offered to drive us up to the phone company where we were going to get a calling card to call the bank. He was so polite and worried about us, and it just broke my heart to hear that he'd lost his dad at age 51 to a tumor...  anyway... the tears just began to well up and make their way down my face... we left him -exchanging kind words and assuring him we'd be okay. I think some of the tears I was crying were for him, since he was trying to be strong...

 

After calling the bank, we headed across the street to the police station, as Mastercard asked us to file a police report... and we did and went with two officers back to the hotel where pictures were taken and staff were asked questions... then the police dropped us back at our hotel... all of this took a couple hours...

 

back in the room, E starts to unpack and don't you know, he finds his wallet in the laptop case. Somehow, since it was black, he missed seeing it. I told him to call the police and tell them there was going to be a homicide...   calls had to be made back to the hotel and now I feel so bad for the maids, who bore the unspoken suspicions, since they were the only ones who had access to the room. My credit card hasn't been found, but it's possible that it got lost on the flight, when I paid for some earbuds to watch the inflight monitor.

 

I was just drained from the whole experience.   Anyway the DW seems like it will be just great, even though there is no view. We have a burner, like the one they use to heat up your soup tableside at the Thai Cafe. And a mini fridge and the room is a good size with storage for clothes and luggage. 

A short walking distance away is the Rock Island Cafe, and I'm sure we'll be frequent customers there.

 

I was restored to harmony with their ice tea and a bowl of soup and a plate of sashimi. First time I ever had it, it was good. (Raw yellowfin tuna)

We rested until sundown and then walked a short ways to a convenience store for some peanut butter & jelly, some bread and an umbrella (rain or shine, a must have item here)