Bad timing
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Their hopes for a quick rescue were almost immediately dashed when Rob finds a party balloon emblazoned with Cinco de Mayo: the fifth of May is a national festival in Mexico. There will be no fisherman out on the water for three or four days. Worse, in the heat, it isn’t long before they start to feel the effects of dehydration – swollen tongue, parched throat and difficulty breathing. They found they could remedy this by sucking the pulp of a cactus. It was disgustingly bitter, though moist and therefore welcome. |
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