Still in Paradise.....and loving it!!

Well it's been 9 days since I wrote anything on my blog but I do have an excuse....I'm living in Paradise!!! Yup still here in Tuvalu and loving every minute!!! Things here are sooo laid back and easy going that I really haven't done a lot. We get up in the morning and decide what we are going to do. Sometimes we go out in the rec boat but most days are spent here in the compound just kicking back. We go swimmimg out the front of the compund in the Lagoon which is bliss in itself. Meal times are a bit slap happy here....breakfast about 10 am, lunch about 2pm and dinner anywhere from 7pm onwards.

Speaking of food we recently had a couple of food boats come in so we have done some grocery shopping. Amongst our finds were Tim Tams which hadn't melted into one big lump, eggs, butter, cheese, yoghurt...yes yoghurt but for me the best find was vine ripened tomatoes!!! Mmmm we only bought 2 as they are $12 a kilo and they were transported home and reverently placed into cheese and tomato sandwiches!!! You see here in Tuvalu nothing food wise is ever a constant so when you can get stuff, even toilet paper, you stock up on it. Kerry has a HUGE freezer so he is able to buy in bulk when stuff is available. Of course you won't find everything in the one place so you have to go around to nearly all the little shops and fusi's on the island to find food stuffs. There is no Woolies or Coles or anything resembling a supermarket like we are used to in Australia!!

Speaking of food there is nothing in Tuvalu along the lines of Fish and Chips, KFC, Hungry Jacks, Pizza Hut, Subway or MacDonalds. However there IS takeaway avaliable in Tuvalu and here it is:


Solomai Fast Food Restaurant!!! It doesn't look like much from the outside....and the inside isn't much better, it has dirt floors, BUT the food is good, hot, tasty and cheap!!! For around $5 you can have a choice of chicken, beef or pork cooked in several styles with rice or noodles!!

I haven't been totally non functioning while here in Tuvalu I have managed a couple of digi layouts. This one I have done for the Digi Chicks blogs challenges for this month:



This one was made with papers and elements from Sweet Blossom Designs "Birdsong" and "Butterfly Kisses" Kits. I do have another one that I have done but at the moment my net connection is really slow and posting photos is like pulling teeth and really slow so I'll post them probably later tonight when the net here isn't so busy.....