Thursday 2nd April 2015
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| Another pretty rooftop - Puerto del Sol, Busuanga Bay |
Yesterday we
started loading up with supplies. We
bought many tins of Campbells soup (always a lifesaver at lunchtime when we are
under way and don’t want to spend much time in the kitchen), tinned corn, flour
for breadmaking, an enormous packet of toilet paper – we never want to run out
again after the Gastro Near Disaster of last week, plus, of course, beer and
gin… The gin was extraordinarily cheap –
200 pesos for 1 litre of Gilbeys (ie around $6!! We will be able to continue our happy custom
of G & T sundowners for many months to come. We found the cheap gin in my least favourite
“supermarket.” It has very narrow aisles
which are always piled high with cardboard boxes so that navigating through the
maze is enough to send a normally non-claustrophobic person just a bit antsy.
And the
“service” is non-existent. Last time we
gave up all hope and left, although I very much wanted the bottles of JOY
dishwashing liquid which I hadn’t been able to find anywhere else. (What do other people use, for dishwashing? Teensy sachets of JOY…dreadful for the environment, I think, and v fiddly for me.) And this time we did get through the
check-out, during which time BAMBI –
Still Groovy @ 60 spent the entire transaction on her phone.
Eventually
we were home and hosed, with all of our new possessions safely stashed
away. Time for – G & T and sunset
over Coron!
It is very
windy… Pete wants to unleash the beast
and take 2XS out for a swift cruise around the harbor, just to see if the propeller
is damaged after the epic mooring rope struggle yesterday. I am not so keen… It is very windy and I am a
teensy bit frightened of SuperTyphoon Maysak (now downgraded but still scary…)
which might veer away from its expected trajectory and come roaring down, with
renewed force, to find us bobbing around Coron Harbour. Also (oh how BORING can I be!!!) I have strained
my back and all I want to do is lie on the couch, sipping iced water, reading
my book, and swallowing nurofen. (So far so good…)
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| An unknown cat on a mooring right next to 2XS - looks pretty in the sunset... |
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