- what do the people living in the dunes live from? - why do the Whites still have very fair skin although the sunlight is increased by the reflection from the white sand? - why do the two make sex on the hard bamboo bed and not on the soft sand?
Masssau told them when they first saw the boat that it was only for fishing. The seas were too rough. They would have had to go out into the Atlantic Ocean to sail anywhere.