You can sit for hours watching the boats come and go, while camels and donkeys wander up and down the sand. Donkeys are everywhere on Shela — they’re the island’s main form of transport, trotting through the narrow lanes, carrying goods, and adding to the dreamlike feeling of stepping into another time. The day starts early on Shela island, with the call to prayer waking us at 4:50 every morning. We soon drifted back to sleep in the enormous, super-comfortable beds. The sun sets around 6:30pm and the island settles by 10pm. With no cars and no light pollution, the nights are peaceful and beautifully dark, the sea breeze filling the rooms and keeping them cool. There are ceiling fans and no AC, which I worried about at first, but the rooms stay naturally cool and airy.
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