Hi

Hi from Paradise





I the swing of this now so whats new





Life goes on with many little challenges at work and at play


The play is always good and last weekend was up to a friends house with the rest of the ex-pats for pot luck supper and a beer or two





Pot luck is pretty good in that everyone brings a dish of something along that they would like to eat and we all dig in





Mr Blender cooked egg curry and chipaties as our supper , yum yum and not too hot


Lots of pasta and a real nice chocolate cheesecake





Thanks for Mr Spike on the arrangements and allowing Mrs Pimms a nightime plung in the pool to get over being moist, makes her positively dripping though!





Aha the wee company car , this time we took a taxi as there is a little hill there that the wee car parked at the bottom of one night. Well he took the first left and not the second Doh! Gods sunshine was making everything a little damp under tyres and after several minutes of spinning white tyre smoke thought it better stay where it is . That and a minor issue of slipping backwards whilst trying to go upwards and forwards . In the DARK when you just dont know if its a sheer drop behind you . mmm time to phone a friend ( Spike) and say hello mate , guess what ?

We both went back the next day and with a run at the hill the poor wee car managed to spin to the top . Must of been the Go kart driving skills that kept it going. So always a taxi in the dark to Mr Spikes and think it may need new tyres sometime soon

Bye

Hello

Well Hi then bloggites

What a busy week its been
Have to ask the question as to why is it ?
In the Seychelles its a pretty laid back lifestyle , things happen at thier own pace
Sun comes up , sun goes down, beaches , snorkelling and facials for Mrs Pimms
But

Yes But ????????????????????????????????????????????

Time seems to accererate as far as the days are concerned
Quicker than we can ever remember

Are we too busy?

No

Do we try to do too much?

No

Now how come you can have the relaxed lifestyle and time speeds up ?
Any help appreciated in answering this toublesome question ?

And why oh why are weekends too short
But then that happens everywhere , doesn't it ?

Meanwhile
Mr Blender has been to his nightmare , the dentist
Scary , scary stuff for him
Apart from the time he took a helicopter engine down to sit in the dentists chair that is
Well , where else do you get a diamond tipped drill to make a hole in a bolt that you can then get an easyout in to remove it
Ok you need to know what an easyout is , ask the outside plumbing readers if you have inside plumbing.
Oops sexist , sorry
Oh , it was mid atlantic at the time on the back of a BIG grey and her majesties ship, so you have to think of all ways to fix a problem
Much like in the Indian Ocean

Bye , have to think of the creole word as Bonsoir to me is not the right one i am sure

Bonjour

Well Bonjour from Paradise

Word of the ex-pat is "moist" , it has been since we arrived in paradise.
Been like that ever since we landed here, but its nice now that the monsoon has arrived and its got much cooler .
29 instead of 30, a notable difference we would say?

D & C had a laugh about being moist when they visited and we continue to do so now

So thats the word for Paradise

Meanwhile, onto the conversation at lunch, which is always pretty good.
The conversation that is , not the sun dried cardboard cheese sandwich
It is helped by the low flying one toe pigeons that fly around the airport cafe

Tip number one: in Seychelles Airport outdoor cafe
Never , that is never leave your food on the table to go back and get your knife and fork
An immediate squadron of one toed pigeons will form up and proceed to do a kamakazi dive for the target feast
Mayhem occurs where the newest of the formation , with a full suite of toes normally leaves the table minus at least one
A food riot as the feast is devoured along with any toes that get in the way.

Tip Number Two - much the same as Number one
Never , that is never place that nice cake you bought on the next table and then turn your back on it to speak to your fellow workers and best mates !
They will always keep you talking whist watching the "cake busters" attack behind you.
Normally you can tell something is up, by the tune everyone starts to hum
It is also very hard for them to talk to you whilst humming as a disguise to suppressing giggles

All hell breaks loose when you have the moment where you think?

Yum, yum time for that delicious piece of home baked cake, arhhh!!!!!
Poor little one toes pigeons to call them names like that ?

And

One of the expats returned on Monday after a wee trip back to the windy , wet weather of blighty
Unfortunatley for him he appears to have put on a little lard and as you do, we have to ask what he's been eating.
Normal food it is
Kentuky , Macdonalds, Pizza , warm beer , Fish and chips , chinese and Indian takeaway's , drool, drool , drool after the cardboard Tuna sandwith, well its at least a bit moist.
He did say that we could have a peek at his naughty magazines to see ourselves

So we all think of whats on page three and where will the stables be in the middle spread.?Moulles and frites, Roast Lamb,never mind the butter , fresh milk and chocolate
Its the porn equal on the island , good cooking magazine that is.
Drool , drool , drool. Makes us all moist

But there again where can you sit by the beach, at night with your feet on the sand and get this whole grilled fish, frites, salad and croele sauce for under £8?


Bye

Hello

Hello readers , or "is there anybody out there "

Pink Floyd the Wall , thanks for that

Well still Paradise Island lingers on although Mr B is busy, busy at work and enjoying every minute . Well its all been done before so no reason to get stressed and even had time for the Andy W picture

We have had a Jack Fruit delivered by the young lad who is an ex gardener , apparently never did much gardening hence ex gardener. \Now have a policeman when he finishes his day job.

Now we have never seen a fruit soo big , they are massive , oh boy these are the big ones , so large amd gigantic are these fruit , a fruit of enormous proportions that we thought we had many meals to feast on

Oh and Mr B was very confused as to what the thing was ?

Left it on the table outside and two days later decided to get the very BIG knife out and see what we have .

I think thats why the internet was invented to let you find out what to do but unfortunately this time he didn't look anything up . Mistake , yep

Jackfruit have very , very sticky sap inside and the knife soon got covered in goo, along with Mr B's fingers as he wiped the knife as it was chopped in two . Gifted it to the landlady, why we ask now we have seen what we could have had ?

The smell is disgusting and put both of us off trying it so maybye next time as now know what it is thanks to the internet

A cross between banana and pineapple it says , yum yum

Now where is the ex gardener as he has a mission

Meanwhile

Ex pat 4 Oclock club is building up to its next event , well when abroad you just need to visit the stuff you can never afford , dreams are ok though?

Last one was a little confusing as pints of seybrew go down at the same rate as bottles, oops hickup , slurred words and all the rest that happens when inebriated . Next time will have to go a little slower . Moving venue for the next one to go more local

Even suggesting we invite an ex pat family each

Should be fun and gets the ex pats mixing much , cheap place for here and may even have arranged a happy hour if my contacts are true to thier word

Not quite the same as the Caledoinian Society in Delhi but who knows when you make the effort

Bonsoir

Hi Readers its been a while

Hello readers , at last a new post !!


The Girls attired for the Beach , well on the Beach actually and what a nice view the boys had , more of that later

Well there is so much beach to do that we have just been to laid out to bother !!
So what have we been up to you may ask ?


Toddy, beach, toddy, boats, toddy and more beach and toddy!


Have had all the instruction from the landlady on what to do with the coconut trees in the garden , just not yet managed to climb up to tap into the fresh leaf,so end up down some remote road to pick up a bottle and try someone's brew .
Nearly brought a stray doggie back last time and that's just smelling the brew!


Very nice,the brew that is, a cross between wine and cider and when its fresh not too strong we are told
Has to be cold , as the coconuts the gardener brings are too warm to drink and the heat makes Mrs Pimms too moist so she needs a cold drink or two

Island life is pretty laid back in the airline world , at the moment . Usual stuff thats been seen before so Mr Blenders enjoys his mentoring of the team.
There is a view to die for from the office so he keeps pinching himself to make sure its not a dream

Meanwhile
A few little things have been noticed on the Island that raise a smile

• The Ladies dry their knickers on the bush , yep honest on the bush and Mr Blenders is too scared to take the piccie as might be fingered as a perv.
• Only two signs have been noticed pointing out an incline in the road , either side of the bridge on the 3km dual carriageway. Now Mr Blenders did have to leave his car at the bottom of a hill one night and get a lift home as it started raining and the car could not get up the hill. He did get it next day but still the tyres threw white smoke everywhere as they spin getting up the hill , a long run was apparently needed
• Moistness is all over the body , always moist , shopping, sitting, cooking, eating and we are talking about being totaly moist from the top to your bottom and your front bottom if you are Mrs Pimms , oops
• The easiest way to catch a fish Mr Blenders has found is off the fence on the drive home , does cost 150srps ( about 6UKP) but its cheaper than the 1000 for the share on hiring a boat for 4 hrs and you do get a very very large red snapper to put on the BBQ for that
• It rains , well it is the tropics and the Island is green
• You cannot buy a sailing baot under 30ft or 50k Euros , boo. Mr Belnders keeps trying

That will do as tasters of what is to come in the next posts

Even more Meanwhile what about the piccies you ask?

Well we are very lucky to have a landlady who has a boyfriend( Micky) with a nice Boat and we went all around the Island with Mr DC and K who just happened to be our virgin visiters

Was funny to have the picnic at Beau Vallon bay , Fresh baked bread in the machine, cheese and ham from the UK and homemade starfruit chutney ( Mr Blenders recipe ) , Seychelles curry and salad from the landlady and we just seemed to swap foods, curry was yummy and everyone was so polite , never too much .

Zebra fish to finish off our leftovers

Good people we landed with here

All around the Island started in the lorry at 11am , we did do the titanic down the road and enjoyed the smiling faces as they saw the "gorras" in the back of the truck

After a brief robinson Crusioe hour when we were left on the beach on Cerf, weed in one of the engines , off we went again.

Got back after a few stops, lunch and beach swims at 7pm , oh and some toddy , well Seybrew , wine , G&T and whatever.

A fantasic day with fantastic people

There will be more but to moist to continue

Bye for now