Flying Ants
On Thursday night we were gate-crashed by a load of uninvited visitors. The spare bathroom and the lounge were the main areas of invasion. We sprayed vigourously with the very toxic HIT cockroach spray and quickly vacated the apartment to go for dinner. When we returned a few hours later 400 to 500 winged corpses lay strewn across the floor.
Lin left on Friday and we spent most of the day at the apartment. The excessive Merlot Port wine and the Honeybee brandy I had consumed the previous evening had its usual numbing effect. Late in the afternoon we went to Colva to return my newly bought glasses for repair again! We also had to pick up a replacement pair of sunglasses for Theresa as the first pair were faulty. I won’t bore you with my purchase but as usual it has involved many returns and disappointments to the Agnelo’s Optics shop.
After Colva we returned to Benaulim and went to the beach at about 4.00p.m where we met a lady called Debbie (who hails originally from Ashton under Lyne). She has been working in India for the VSO for the last two years for the princely sum of 8,000/- (94.00) a month. She is passionate about the people and the country and has just got a new post working with an HIV charity which is based in Chennai. We had a very interesting discussion about India, its politics and left the beach at about 8.30 p.m to have dinner at the Meridian.
