THE sun was at the midday point. Distant dots in the ocean began to approach the shoreline. As the waves lapped, they began to come into sight. Their number increased. That morning, on the day before Christmas, scores of inner tubes were being carried on the breaking waves at Cidahon Beach, Kertamukti Village, Pangandaran Regency, West Java. The people riding them were slowly being pushed in by the waves which would soon reach the craggy