Chapter 7 Summary

Frank returns from visiting Maria and finds Laurence still awake, sitting on his bed with a map. Laurence invites him on a hike the next day and Frank accepts. Laurence wakes Frank the next morning and he has already packed a rucksack with sandwiches, beer and suntan lotion. They drive a ways and then park to hike up the river. When they stop at a pool of water a monitor enters the water. Laurence is afraid it was a crocodile, but Frank corrects him and goes for a swim while Laurence remains on shore. When Frank suggests they eat, Laurence says it is too early, that they have not gone far enough yet and eventually he explains that this is not a random hike, he is looking for a certain village. Frank is angered that Laurence has intentionally chosen the most inaccessible village...