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01.01.2001 – Monday 1 January – New Year

• I woke up at lunchtime and had breakfast, after which I went for a five-hour swim in the ocean.

6:30pm

• Exhausted after my epic swim, I went and watched some Hindi drama at a nearby temple, in celebration of something or other – probably New Year.