Well folks we have finally arrived in Tuvalu...two hours late and minus my suitcase!!! Yup as I type here my suitcase is currently languishing down in Suva! it seems that there is no aviation fuel left here in Tuvalu so the planes have to carry extra fuel to make the return flight to Suva. In order to do this they decided to leave baggage behind so that they wouldn't be over weight. Unfortunately my case was one of the ones removed from the plane!! Fortunately Kaitlyn's suitcase was left on board so at least she has some clothing to wear!! So Kerry has been washing my one set of clothes every night for me. We are hoping that my case will be on the flight that comes in on Thursday if not it won't be here until Tuesday!! Ironically the Prime Minister of Tuvalu and his wife were on our flight and his wife's case was also left behind and word has it she is none too happy about it. We are currently awaiting a supply ship to arrive, hopefully on Sunday, with food and fuel supplies...
That little hiccup aside our trip up was pretty uneventful....not much has changed and it was nice to meet up with a few familiar people from our last trip. There is a new "addition" to those of us living in the compound since our last trip up here...."Bella" is now the resident rat catcher in the compound!! She is a gorgeous tabby coloured cat who has beautiful green eyes that look to big for her head. The boys have adopted her and now she lives in luxury by Tuvaluan standards for cats!! She is fed regularly, has someone nice to sleep and she is extremly affectionate. Of course NONE of the boys will admit to liking her that much but all three make a fuss of her when they think no one is looking. Sometimes she gets fed up to 3 times a day by them...talk about softies... On the down side being that there is no vet here in Tuvalu Bella is now expecting another litter of kittens, possibly while we are here in Tuvalu. Kaitlyn adores her and we had to go out and buy Bella a new food and water dish !!!
I'm hoping later tonight I might have a bit more net speed so I will try to post up some photos that I have taken since we have been here.....
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