Paradise Lost

The penultimate blog of our year away, I can't believe its all but over. In 4 days time we're going to be touching down in sunny England and the magical place that is Heathrow, mmmmmm.
The last few days have found us doing very, very little again, this time not because we've been lazing about in the sun, but because its been raining. Raining solid for the last 4 days. Its been pretty much the longest 4 days of my life, cooped up in our little bungalow, reading, playing a bit of PlayStation, knitting ( a lot of) moaning about the weather (aren't we always) and then escaping the tedium of the day as night falls to go out to a restaurant. Yep I know we're not at work and I know we're not freezing in England, but Rarotonga is officially the most boring place on the planet .... when its raining, there is literally nothing to do, so why have I stuck a photo of a lionfish on the blog. The day before the heavens opened on us I went diving once again and once again Sam pulled out at the last second, claiming that the rain the previous night and the clouds that morning would spoil her experience, these days our Samantha will settle for nothing less than perfection. The dive company have subsequently banned her from diving with them as she keeps cancelling at the last second :) The dives were very pleasant, the visibility pretty good and a reasonable amount of fish about to keep my interest up, Rarotonga isn't the Barrier Reef, but its not the English Channel either.

Some of the boredom of the last few days has been lessened by meeting some very nice 'normal' people. It's typical, you go away for a whole year, meeting tons of people along the way, the majority turning out to be fools and then right at the end you meet some genuinely nice ones. Namely a couple of Scots, Ronny and Alison and all the way from Bristol and er Macclesfield, Chris and Amy. We've been hanging out at various bars and restaurants these last few nights, escaping the rabble at our guesthouse and generally having a marvellous time. We look forward to meeting up for some more beers with you guys in a nice cold, smoky pub in England!
We're off to 'Island Night' tonight to watch some preposterously fat Polynesians dance and sing for us, Hoorah!
Final thoughts coming to a blog near you very soon.




Just Read: The Pilo Family Circus by Will Elliott - Psychotic clowns, Jamie you would love this book!






Listening to: Aphex Twin - Drukqs