Another day in Paradise: sunny and warm, not too hot and not too cold, and, with most of the tourists gone, the river is peaceful and quiet once more. We've been to the Bay to collect the mail, and send some, do a bit of shopping, and, instead of 'Cake me home', sat down for a slice of banana cake and a cafe latte at Michels' Patisserie. We even found time to chat with Ian, the SALVOS chap, who collects donations outside K-Mart. He's a South African who came out in the early 80s and I take every chance I get to practise my long-forgotten Afrikaans with him.
Before we turned into "Riverbend", we made a brief detour into the village to meet the local weight watchers at the café and catch up with some local news. The real news was waiting at home where Matt Muirhead, the current owner of Villa Mamana, was asking me in an email to give him the whereabouts of Horst Berger as he wants to give him another stint of 'island-sitting' on Telekivava'u. And my 'Booklady in Berlin' has sent me an email to say that she and her 'beau' are planning to visit Australia and could they stay at "Riverbend"?
