Thunder rolls....

Marni and I decided that a weekend was needed in our new favourite place- Lombok.

After catching a flight that was 1 hour late we were a bit on edge but "What the hell?". After flying through a thunderstorm I was really hoping that the pilot had a God to pray too. Everyone else on the plane was wiping tears and holding hand. Caden was laughing and yelling about how much fun he was having as the plane was falling out of the sky. But it was a controlled fall, thankfully.

Anyway, we arrived in Lombok and have been having a great time since.

A few things of note:

Just because they sell bikinis does not mean you should buy one. There are many Europeans here and lets just say there should be a weight restriction on bikinis. I saw one lady- sad, really- she needed a cane to walk, weighed about 250 lbs......BIKINI! Really? Like watching a car crash.

Of all the things that made Marni and I homesick, today...the smell of freshly cut grass. Both of us were walking through the hotel grounds and caught a whiff. Talk about something that we missed. Whoda thunk? Too bad you all have about 4 feet of snow and three months to worry about that.

The sound of crashing waves is really getting annoying. I know all of you are sitting in a deep freeze back home but think about this- would you really be missing me if you were sitting on a beach in Mexico? I thought so.

Zoe, Caden and I had a great time playing in the waves and beach out front of our hotel, today. We must have played for two hours. It was wonderful. We build a sand castle and had to protect it from the waves with a stone wall. My job was to fight the current to find rocks which was more difficult then one would assume.

I am currently looking at a Dutch lady who looks like a man. No, really, she is very......handsome?
Would that be an appropriate term. Also, I am in the hotel lounge doing my bit to get a deal (thanks, Kathleen). If I have two drinks I get two free hours of internet. Just trying to save a dollar. So far I have 12 hours free.

We all got to hold sea turtles, today. The hotel raises them and for $4, we can adopt on and release it into the wild. I am sure for another $5 you can buy the seagull to protect your investment. For the money, I am sure we will be releasing a couple of turtles by the end of the weekend. Just as a note, they do speak like Aussie surfer dudes similar to 'Finding Nemo'.

The Indonesian 'Mariachi Band' played 'Wonderful Tonight' by Clapton to us tonight. They did without request, too. It was special.

I have a bit of a sunburn and I hope you all feel sorry for me as the winter drags on.

With different forms and levels of love,

Cam