CHAPTER 9 DANICA My white blouse and shorts were dried when I checked them. Hence I wore them before we went to the mini forest. It's not exactly a forest. We call it a mini forest because there were lots of trees inside and shrubs, but it's just a small land area located at the highest elevation on the island. The island itself was not big. In Gaurav's estimation, it was just over two hectares of sands and rocks. And the mini-forest area was located at the center, where there's soil; therefore, trees and shrubs were abundant. Gaurav’s polo and pants had dried too, so we were definitely dressed properly compared to last night. Very ironic, but that was the situation. We couldn’t wear our soaked clothes because that would guarantee a more hazardous condition for us. We didn't have