Desroches

Once more, the stupid alarm woke us up so that we could go and find some breakfast and clamber onto yet another aeroplane. While I am aware that Nim likes flying and I haven’t flown much, maybe this many flights might be seen as too many?

The flight itself was a short one, only 40 minutes and we landed on the airstrip which is right outside the front of the hotel. Staff met us all off the plane and took us in to sort out paperwork before having a small tour and an introduction to our home for the next 6 days. It was total bliss. A small villa with a sea view, and a path leading straight to the beach, and a garden with a hammock and a small swimming pool. Plus, one of my favourite spots so far, a balcony with a sofa and a great view of the sea!

We decided to unpack, I also had to do some laundry as we had a coke explosion in one of the bags; one of Nim’s cans of coke got everywhere and all over the clothes. The laundry was an unusual experience as I had to use the bath as a washing machine with my arm spinning it around. Once this was complete, we went to relax and have a swim in the sea. We wandered to the path at the end of the garden, Nim managed to make his way down the slope of sand onto the beach fine, I however gracefully fell. We meandered over the white sand to the clear blue sea, so clear that you can see your feet as you walk in the warm water. We had a play and a swim before coming back into the garden and swimming some lengths in the pool. We dried off and went over to get some lunch in the main restaurant and bar. The food was lovely and afterwards we had a very lazy afternoon of lounging around in the sun, watching some tv and reading ( well, I read ) before showering off so we could go for dinner. 

We were booked into the Lighthouse for dinner so we cycled over, each villa has a couple of bikes to use as means to get around the island. We enjoyed some very strong cocktails and some delicious food before cycling back to the villa and heading to bed.