Chapter Seven
First Day & Night
The large accommodations were pleasantly laid-out and had a huge bathroom complete with both a tub and a fantastic, multi-head, shower enclosure. The main area was a large bed/sitting room and came with a luxury, queen-sized bed centred on one wall, then across from it on the other side of the room was another piece that at first glance, I could not discern its use. It was a two and a half metre long, thick, 50 cm wide, plank-like beam, supported at its centre by a thick hydraulic cylinder with a complex-looking joint. The top was lightly padded, covered with a thick, black rubber, and spaced along its one side was a half dozen wide straps with mating, locking buckles on the other. Centered on each end was a ratchet-type tightener with a locking hook at th
