Last day at river no 2 beach

Shopping done - check -









another lobster lunch done - check -










More swimming in the sea at 5.30 pm done - check

Swim in the lagoon done - check

More sitting on the beach done - check

Nicholas asking us what we want for dinner and telling us there is no chicken again ... No salad again ... Not done ? That's unusual he is normally around by now asking what we want to eat from the extensive list ... Nicholas is responsible for looking after our stay - and ensuring we get meals and any encouragement needed to buy drinks, go to the shops, and go on trips. He appears about an hour after every meal asking us what we want for the next meal... he carefully itemises the list of available goodies .. "so tonight we have fish ..." ...


Well yes - you guessed it ... It's pretty much the same day as yesterday ... And the day before ... With the odd highlights of no running water ... No electric .. And the 5 pm TNT explosion from the road builders that never stops scaring the crap out of everyone as it's so close ... Oh and of course minor changes to the landscape generate a huge amount of interest ... For example they have started re-painting the hard wooden beach chairs blue !!! Blue? Well I never ... Blue beach chairs who would have thought it ...

Well I did warn you that things had pretty much slowed to a near halt and noticing a colour selection of beach chairs is an exciting highlight to the day !!!!

And when things are going slow .. the drunk pink monkey has to come out for a photo call ....  No not that monkey - this one ......!

Tonight is the last night in river no 2 beach - and early tomorrow morning we set off - down the coast to Kent ... 30 kms further .. To get a boat over to banana island ... We have promised to keep in touch with these chaps as much as possible ... Helsinki syndrome !!!

If anything exciting happens I plan to add some mumblings to this chapter later on .. And who knows ! We may get another visit from the huge bushy squirrel living next to us in the tree.. We may get to see a ground pig again ( don't ask !! ) we may get running water in time to shower !!! Oh the anticipation ....

Water ???... We have water !!! It's 6.50pm ... and we have water !! No chicken ... No red wine .... No salad ... No ground pig .. No squirrel .. But one thing we have .. we have water !!!!! Hit the shower, read reminder list of new found body places after sand had got into them the other night ... and dress for dinner ...

So Its fish again .. I like fish .. Fresh fish... But bareguitarists are carnivores ... And all this fish is just not doing it for me !!! Well let's hope banana island has meat !!!!!!

In the end - all the anticipation - all the excitement ... Nothing happens ...Such a long way down from such high expectations .. We will , no doubt, be joined by every insect in Africa again for dinner ... and the two bats who seem to enjoy flying within inches of people ... Normal night out then at river no2 beach...


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