Not sure that I can follow Ciaran’s entry, that boy can tell a good story. The day on the island was as magical as he described. For adults, who I know are interested, you can no longer hire the whole island, when you could it was $10,000 a night, 3-night minimum. Now there is just a little one-bedroom cottage on the beach, which is rented out mostly to honeymoon couples. For everyone else, money cannot buy you a visit.Mick & I spent some of the day reflecting on whether Jon & Katie’s life is as idyllic as it seems. It certainly works for them but it is not for everybody and not for us. The day of snorkelling & kayaking was more exhausting that we had realised so much of today was spent in reflection, reading or lazing in the pool.
The house here is beautiful, painted in bright Caribbean colours with orange walls, mint green roofs and blue woodwork. The main room is completely open with windows with shutters but no glass. The dining area is the terrace. The three bedrooms are like separate houses opening onto a courtyard, which resembles a mini town square.
We share the house with a nest of young Pearly-eyed Thrashers and their ever-attentive mother (click on picture below to see the glint in her eye!) 
who swoops at us each time we get too close to the nest. She also comes into the kitchen to forage for food and was caught standing on a packet of bread dive-bombing it with her beak in an almost successful attempt to break through the plastic.
Around the house is the very noisy rooster complete with hen and chicks as well as numerous lizards and koi in the pool, but by far the greatest amount of wildlife is bugs,
large and small but all of them intent on finding white skin to munch on. Our legs look like we have all caught leprosy – not a good look!
Our view from the terrace is spectacular, looking across lush green vegetation down to the coast, the sparkling sea and across to the island of Jost Van Dyke.
The first few nights here, the moon was fairly full but this night, the sky was clear and the moon dimmed enough to reveal the beauty of the heavens. We lay down by the pool, looking up at shooting stars, satellites and all the constellations and clearly visibly was the milky way. The best star viewing I have ever experienced. Then Michael started to freak out at the swooping bats…..
who swoops at us each time we get too close to the nest. She also comes into the kitchen to forage for food and was caught standing on a packet of bread dive-bombing it with her beak in an almost successful attempt to break through the plastic.Around the house is the very noisy rooster complete with hen and chicks as well as numerous lizards and koi in the pool, but by far the greatest amount of wildlife is bugs,
large and small but all of them intent on finding white skin to munch on. Our legs look like we have all caught leprosy – not a good look!Our view from the terrace is spectacular, looking across lush green vegetation down to the coast, the sparkling sea and across to the island of Jost Van Dyke.
The first few nights here, the moon was fairly full but this night, the sky was clear and the moon dimmed enough to reveal the beauty of the heavens. We lay down by the pool, looking up at shooting stars, satellites and all the constellations and clearly visibly was the milky way. The best star viewing I have ever experienced. Then Michael started to freak out at the swooping bats…..
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