I think all this travelling/jet lag etc finally caught up with me today as I have flopped and done two thirds of sod all. Mind you, there are worse places to flop than here.
The heat and humidity just add to the floppiness!
Although the hotel seems pretty full, the beach is surprisingly empty as most of the guests have young children in tow who prefer the pool area rather than the sea. Equally surprisingly, I have seen no-one selling ice cream, fruit or clothing along the beach. All in all a pretty tranquil spot apart from, of course,
the ubiquitous and intrusive jet skis. Grrr!
Whilst I became quite engrossed in my Michael Hobbs (second hand!) novel it was very difficult not too earwig when you hear English being spoken close by.
He: ‘Where do you want to sit?’
She: ‘I don’t mind. Where do you want to sit?’
He: ‘I don’t care really. So how about over there?’
She: ‘But that’s no good. It’s not in the sun. How about there?’
He: ‘Whatever you want but there are no sun loungers there.’
She: ‘You can drag two from over there’.
He: ‘Yes, dear’.
And that was the end of their communication for the rest of the morning!
Although it was forecast to be a little late monsoon showery today, so far it’s been fine with enough intermittent cloud to reduce the frazzle factor. But by the looks of it we could be in for some thundery rain later.
By that time, though, it will be beer o’clock so I won’t care.
I did venture out to the local supermarket to get some contact adhesive to mend my flip flops (probably more expensive than buying a new pair but, hey!) and was struck by how little has changed since last we were here. Just a few yards from the beautiful beaches, it’s still the same old unfinished mess.
with scores of small and somewhat uninviting restaurants along the road side.
Is there no pizza free restaurant zone anywhere in the world?
Most of the restaurants claim to specialise in,
well, more or less everything!
Tomorrow I will try and be Phileas again, spring into exploring mode and have lots to report. In the meantime, just time for a shower before the sun goes down behind the yard arm.
Richard
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