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Invasion of the Cockroaches
'Invasion of the Cockroaches', the title sounds like a cheap horror movie, but believe me, this was no movie. This was very, very real! I love animals, I really do, but four legs is my limit, that's where I draw the line. I don't like anything with six or eight legs...
Adventures in Island Hopping
Public transport on our little rock is practically non-existent. While there are some bus stops along the streets, there are almost no busses that run on a regular basis. From what I understand, you'd have to call one to come and pick you up. In fact, in all of the...
Patience and the Island Carwash
Patience is a virtue - a lesson anyone who has ever lived on an island learns in no time. Everything (and everyone) is slower here than I was used to. I use the past tense because this is what I'm used to now. We have lived here for almost eight months and I'm already...
Dreaming of a White Christmas
Sometimes people ask me, "Are there any downsides to living on a beautiful tropical island?" Even in the asking, you can tell they're thinking it's impossible for there to be anything that could make all the white sand beaches not worth it. But of course there are...