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For me, it all started pretty early – before dawn, in fact. I was dropped off at the port where I had to wait for the VIPs. We had to leave at 6am because the route was long. In addition to Saona Island, we also had to visit Catalina Island (which I only found out about that day). The driver picked me up at 4:30am.

We were then interrogated for a while by security (and trust me, the security there is no joke!) about who we were and why we were there. But eventually they let us through.

And of course, at 6 or 7am, no one showed up. It wasn’t until about 9am that the tourists finally arrived – dramatically appearing by helicopter. They looked unhappy, sleepy, red-eyed… and as the pilot told me, “Some of them were throwing up the whole flight. Be careful – they’re not in the best mood.”

Well, what could I do? Work is work. I said hello to them and led them to the yacht.

These people just got on the yacht and went straight to their cabins to sleep. I went to the captain, and he said we wouldn’t be stopping at Catalina Island because we were behind schedule. Instead, we’d just sail around it and head to some place I wasn’t familiar with—he mentioned the name, but it didn’t ring any bells.

We circled the island, which turned out to be pretty small, and then continued along the coast of Parque Nacional Cotubanamá. Our first stop was supposed to be the place where they filmed The Blue Lagoon (well, they didn’t actually film it there, but that’s what they told all the tourists, haha). We arrived there in about two hours. By that time, our tourists had suspiciously come back to life—they woke up, got all cheerful, and started drinking alcohol. 😄

I was even finally able to communicate with them and although they behaved rather rudely, in general they didn’t seem very problematic to me.

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