Have yourselfe

Big day out 

I avoided the panic attack by going up to.reception to face it full on.  I asked every mini bus driver if he were the one ....

Eventually (he wasn't late - i.was early) Tony turned up and invited us to the VIP tour of Caba Verde 

A.lovely little bus with 10.other folk we took off along the one road on the island which sometimes is a dual carriage way and sometimes is not.  

Tony explained the drivers are not drunk (yet) they are merely avoiding the pot holes. 

We stopped first in Espargos the capital 

Think .... The smallest town near you with a little.aupermarket.  That's Espargos. 

We were dropped on one street .walked.the length of two.streets and were.picked up.again 

Then it was another stop.  This time for.the toilet ...

Then we headed to a little.fishing village were we were treated to a local cocktail and watched as Tony greeted everyone as a close friend   which they were.  

There was a sad young man walking circles round a statue to a local.rock.fishman who had lost his father ...and sunk into paranoid. There is only one psychiatrist in Cape verde.islands so his.treatment is slow

Then it was off.to.fhe Blue eye of Verde. Where we had to.walk a steep slope to reach and a steep slope back up. I was exhausted. 

Then it was off to lunch  at a.beautldul beach side restaurant where we had cold meats. Half a chicken and ice cream and coffee. (Oh and many beersj


Back on the bus for the final stop. The salt flats.  I was a wee bit disappointed because as we emerged from the side of.the volcano I.relaised.my knee was not going to deal with the steep slope. So I sat at the top while the rest of them  went down and stripped off and floated in the 'dead sea 

Once they were out and dried it was back on the bus where we drove to.the.desert to.see the mirage and luckily a tornado too and then on to the last  stop of the day... Botanic gardens. Full of rescue animals 

Hotel was less than five minutes away and we all retired for a nap after receiving a little turtle from tony as a memory of.our day


In the evening after dinner we rearranged the hotel furniture.  Boy and Tooli stealing chairs from the dining room to let us all.sit

Tooli.chose tonight to introduce Boy and Jess to Cruse Cups. Tooli's drinking game 

Rive shots. Only one has a real.shit. We have to pretend we have or have not answered the rest have to guess.  If you had the.shot and no one guesses. You are through to next round ... If not you are in next round and the person who guessed you is out. 

Great fun.  We all went to bed slightly tipsy