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sandjsbeachbumbonanza · 4 years

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Day 84 – it’s not always sunny in the tropics

We were woken up at around 5am by the sound of a torrential tropical downpour. The rain continued on through the morning so we pushed back our snorkelling tour to tomorrow to avoid the stormy weather. Same old breakfast. We went curry today. The sparkling wine wasn’t visible, so S asked why they had sparkling wine yesterday but not today. Dinesh, who was one of our waiters last night during the ‘incident’, asked if we would like sparkling wine. We said yes and he delivered. Then a new manager came by to apologise again for last night’s incident and discussed the various options for seating us away from Feral Dad and his feral children. He also told us that the Operations manager would speak with Feral Dad and tell him he needs to keep a closer watch on his children as they cannot disturb the other guests.

As it turned out, breakfast was the only time today it didn’t rain. J has experienced her first proper tropical deluge. Undaunted, S still went in the pool during the torrential downpour. As the pool is as warm as a hot tub, it still was really nice.

Not to be deterred, we still went to happy hour, but this time took the buggy to hide from the rain. Dinner tonight was at the Italian restaurant, Portobello. Because it was pouring, Labriz could not give us a reasonable table away from Feral Dad. They offered to let us eat at the bar, but the bar turned into the kid’s movie area as we were finishing our drinks. Normally the movies are screened outside on a big screen, but due to the rain, they had to move into the bar. After a discussion with the manager, we agreed to sit in Portobello at a table far from Feral Dad. As dinner was delayed due to all of this, Labriz comped our drinks and dinner, which was a nice gesture.

Nonetheless, guess who we sat next to? You got it – the German couple and little Otto, whom we now see everywhere. However, unlike the rogue baby’s family, Otto’s parents are very attentive. We ended up chatting with them at length and complimenting them on Otto’s behaviour. They said that Otto’s actually been acting up because he’s teething. Nonetheless, he is a star compared to the feral children.

Dinner was excellent. J had the red snapper and S had the seafood tagliatelle.

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