20th April

 "Come on - get up - I'm going for a swim" - what time is it? -"the pool opens soon" says she - "stay there in bed I'll be alright on my own"  - she might have well had said "come on get out of bed" for she knows I will not let her go on her own. 


The pool is our own - the morning is overcast - the tattoos need to stay inside less they fade without public adulation.


Oh! - the pool is not our own - there is a pool attendant complete with mask, snorkel and mobile pool vacuum head underwater, snorkel erect and hose floating behind  - we collide - we are both shocked - when we recover he explains "too many flowers" pointing the hedges near the pool.


The morning exercise is over - what now? - that's right - breakfast - then we sleep!


Sleep - what's next? - that right - some exercise! - we walk to the restaurant.


"Nice flower" says Bernie - "orchid" says he - "not real" says he - we are in the restaurant - "eat sleep eat" says Bernie.


We await delivery of our meal - "Nice package" says Bernie - I look up to see a plain looking man wiggle his bum as he passes closely by our table - no tattoos - a pair of budgie snugglers clearly borrowed from his very small son for these were  incapable of smuggling commercial quantities of anything - "nice package"  Bernie repeats with a smile.


"We have done the eat part" says Bernie.


I lay back on the lounge - I continue listening to Springsteen's account of his life.


The lady sleeps and sleeps some more - I walk - bulla - bulla - bulla - resort staff smile and get me at every turn.


The lady rises - we sit on the deck l looking out at a lone jet skier and a few guests floating in the shallow sea - we drink the lady is a little down i - "I'm not as good as I expected to be" - we agree we just have to deal with it.






We dine - we are served a nibble - we think it is sweet potato chips - "no it is breadfruit" says the delightful, perfectly and "proper" speaking matre de - "my parents insisted in perfect English" says she - the appetizer chips are delightful - should be an export thinks I


The clientele of the resort  remain firmly Australian and New Zealander sharing their breaks with a few Japanese and perhaps Chinese


The dinner nice - overly abundant but nice! - we leave - we are intercepted -  into a cart and transported 50 meters to our room - "if it is a nice day tomorrow I will come and take you up to the helipad to see the sunset!" says the driver.


The girl is tired - off to bed.

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