Delroy....

Well my battle with mother nature continues, although I can't moan. I do receive a free of charge early morning alarm call from the singing cockroaches at about 4am, who needs lie-ins anyway? It doesn't have the same 'ring' to it as being woken up by the sounds of birds singing, but beggars can't be choosers...

I've certainly learnt about the art of survival in the past few weeks, as most people who walk within 1/2 mile radius of me will already know. Who needs to spend tons of cash on expensive perfume when you can douse yourself with 'eau de DEET' and not only smell fantastic, but feel safe in the knowledge that your blood is safe, and free from the threat of violation? So I can safely say that I am well and truly ' knocking the locals dead with my presence'. This perfume certainly has the 'Lynx effect', as for the first time in my life everyone turns round when I enter the bar, shortly before holding their noses...

I seemed to have a made a very good friend here in Sint Maarten, and he is called 'Delroy'. I found him in my apartment after I had taken a late afternoon stroll on the beach, and he was here, waiting for me. I'm not a spiritual person, but I do think that someone or something sent him to call round to cheer me up, and he certainly did that; mission accomplished. Here is a photo of my beloved Delroy...

So life is all about choices and decisions (if you are lucky to have them of course!), and as you know, I'm not very good at making them. However, the one thing I do have at my disposal is a heart, and rightly or wrongly, I tend to make my decisions based on this vital organ. Although I'm still not talking to my heart right now, as I feel that she provided me with bad advice (can you sue a heart?).  She is however, telling me that as beautiful as it is here, this is not the place where I will be. For every person that you meet, and every place that you visit, you come away with something; positive or negative*  and from that you become richer as a person. I've already learnt some things in my time here, both photography related and things of a more personal nature, so I can't moan, but my journey will continue beyond these shores, hopefully with a richer brain and a fuller heart.

(*maybe in this case a leg full of mosquito scars)

So it's a goodnight from me and Delroy from now..

Big love xxx