And then the boatman drums his fingers on the table and smiles . Island time is running out .
然后船夫微笑着有手指在桌子上敲着鼓点,在岛上的时间不多了。
One morning I take a water taxi out onto the tigris river with a boatman named ismail , who tells me that he inherited his trade from his father in a tradition stretching back for generations .
My cunning plan was to find a lone boatman in caoping , the village above the embarkation point for larger craft at yangdi , and pay him to boat me to the southernmost sailable point at xinping .