Well, aside from the possibility of a major shift in tectonic plates, and the occasional tourist who takes too much drugs and goes missing, the main hazard here seems to be falling coconuts. Yesterday morning I stood up from the breakfast table and started to walk toward my hut when a coconut fell right in my path about 10 paces in front of me. Good thing I didn't get up a few seconds earlier! I asked a friend here how many people actually die a year from falling coconuts. He kind of shook his head -- not because he diddn't know, but because he really didn't want to tell me the number! You hear them falling all the time. Still, the odds of getting hit are probably similar to those of getting struck by lightning. Maybe a little higher. Coconuts never fall in the same spot twice though! Ha ha, fortunately nobodies stupid enough to believe that one...
Technologies a funny thing here. I think there are three or so internet connections on this island -- all dial up. Two days ago there was no electricity -- they ran out of petrol and apparently they like to wait here until the run out before ordering more. The same thing happened with beer two weeks ago -- they were ten days with out it. Yesterday there was electricity, but no dial tone. All the while my cell phone kept plugging along just fine though -- sms is the way to go here...
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