We drove up island in as strait a line as possible so we didn't get lost or hit. Found some neat beaches, lots of interesting looking, albeit mystery, shops and restaurants until we got into the resorts. We pulled off at a sign for a lighthouse, but ended up on this short cliff walk with some spectacular views of the water and the rock formations caused by the waves. The water is incredibly colored bues, aqua and green and clear, clear, clear.
This morning we received the phone call from the housing office to say they had two units for us to look at. The way it works is that they give you two empty units to look at and you get to say yay or nay to them. If you like neither, they give you two more to look at. If you don't like those, you get put back on the waiting list. Needless to say, I have been quite anxious. I think I said that we visited our friend's unit, which if offered to me in the States I would run away from, but here consider it to be quite nice. The housing office, true to military protocol, would not let us request that unit even though they are moving out on August 8th. I also learned that there was another unit in their same quadplex that was open, but was told yesterday that it had been offered out to someone else. Well, this morning they offered us that unit! Yeah!!! So we should be able to move in next week, although I'm not sure when our stuff will be here. Haven't heard about that yet.
Today we went with my friend and our soon-to-be neighbors to another Army base where there was a cool water slide and splash pad right on this beautiful tropical beach. Seems like there are lots of tropical beaches to explore. Stevie ventured out on his own and found a bike shop and bought himself a new bike. He says it's instead of a car (cost about as much as a car over here!), I say wait until the first Typhoon hits and then he'll reconsider not buying a car!
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