Richard Feidler
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So they had like red lips and not many teeth.
And they just took it in their stride.
I mean, I couldn't speak Portuguese, certainly couldn't speak the dialect.
It was more hand signals.
The Portuguese spoke some English, so that was really good.
But whatever they thought of us, they treated us with the utmost kindness.
And that's literally how we got over to the other side of the island.
I just remember...
There was this ravine and I was really scared.
It was wild.
And the truck couldn't get across.
So we had to walk across this raging, well, it was almost like a river, very, very deep, but with a massive strong current.
I was crying.
I was on the side.
I'm not going on that.
I'm scared.
I'm scared.
And it was at night.
And without them, if we hadn't been together, I don't think we would have managed the trip.
You know, looking back, I think absolutely it was a mixture of both.