I knew that this adventure would be challenging...I knew that things wouldn't be straightforward all the time...honestly...
We had our first relaxed day yesterday where we had a nice, stress free time, the kids spent time playing on the beach on their own, collecting crabs and racing them, making sand versions of the Spynx and Great Pyramid, and all because we have abandoned the house we were in and retreated back to the resort. Fortunately there are a couple of free rooms at the end of the beach, right next to the house that is being built for us. So we are far enough away that we don't see any guests and I don't need to worry about volume levels. And did I mention that we slept through the night....!
Unfortunately the house that has been rented for us to live in (while our permanent house is constructed) would be great if you were a family of teenage kids. Not so much if you have 3 kids under 7. The house is probably the highest house above sea level, half way up the highest (only) hill on the island. The views over the trees to the ocean and lagoon are great, and the sea breeze comes in the front windows nicely. It has a lovely big covered deck - with railings that come up to Sienna's chest and a 10m fall.... there is nowhere to play outside as the land is so steep...there is no aircon (not too surprising) but the fans in 2 of the bedrooms don't work...we lock up the house at 5pm and endure the stiffling heat in an attempt to ward off the mozzies but the the mozzies here are armour plated - the kids are covered in bites despite the coils, mozzie zappers, repellant AND screens. AMAZING. Then there are the geckos. I don't mind them so much. Thay are kind of cute so long as they are not too big, but when there are 12 of them staring at you as you sit on the couch it feels a bit like an audience. We can't go out as the drive is too steep and slippery to walk down and walking up with the kids and beach gear is not an option, which means Michael has to break into his day to pick us up and drop us off. So all in all, not ideal by a long stretch.
So now we have had some sleep, we can start to think. There is another house option we are investigating. We are going to visit school today. Bailey has made two friends - a baby gecko named George and an aggro crab named Hermie. We haven't seen any kids yet, but Michael's staff have been very very welcoming. We will be here for a couple of days which still means no photos as the PC is at the house (with the photos) and we are running off the laptop.
xxJ
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