Bikes & Hikes

Still continuing to settle in slowly. I moved to the apartment that I'll be in for the next few weeks. It's in a small condo building where the regular tenant has left the island for a few months. It's quite nice except that it smells musty from having been shut up for a couple of weeks (apparently that's normal because of the high-humidity), and there's no cable TV or internet. Let me tell you, I've been watching a lot of movies. I discovered this girl's DVD collection and last night had my first experience watching a movie that had been filmed at the theatre. At the beginning you could even see someone's head! I felt like I was doing something bad... but soon got over it!

Saturday, fueled by the fact that there was no coffee maker at the apartment, I walked into town to have a look at the shops, get a coffee and a cell-phone – hey, I have priorities. Both missions were successful, and I even saw a friend of a friend who is selling their scooter for a good deal. I took it for a test drive, leaving him in the parking lot, and managed to get lost just going down one street. He must have thought I was running off with it. Anyways, I've got first dibs on it and I think I'm going to go for it.

I got dropped off at the bike rental place and got one for a couple of days so that I could get a bit of practice. I just have to keep repeating to myself that I need to drive on the left! So far so good. Since I had the bike, I picked up some groceries, and then headed out to Spanish Point, as it's not too far from where I'm staying. Sunday morning I took another quick excursion to another park nearby before my work-mate was due to pick me up.

We had lunch and then met some of her friends to do the annual Palm Sunday hike. There were lots of people who all came out to explore a part of the island through areas you can't normally walk through – we were in Smith's parish (I think). It was very hilly and took about 2 hours, so I definitely got some exercise.