Month: August, 2007

The story so far..

26 August, 2007 (19:34) | Tortola | No comments

We’ve been here for 10 days or so now. The house is still pretty much empty, apart from the beanbags, airbed and kitchen..
So far it’s been “different” at the least. The day after we arrived, there wasn’t a car for us, so we’re sharing one of the company cars. Which doesn’t always work out, for [...]

Arrived!

15 August, 2007 (22:14) | Tortola | No comments

.. with about 70kg of luggage, we made it to Tortola!
The wait on SXM was pretty boring though, but we made it. They really should fix that terminal lounge, so there’s a decent place to sit. Anyway, as usual, LIAT departed late. At Beef Island, we grabbed a taxi to the hotel, and I swear [...]

Last day

14 August, 2007 (22:21) | Tortola | No comments

Full of things to do.
First, I went to pick up the laundry, then delivered it at the moving company.
Then, I had a meeting with the landlady, to transfer the utilities back to her account. Took quite some time, since they needed to have some info we didn’t bring (which meters were installed), as we figured [...]

Moving day

13 August, 2007 (15:16) | Tortola | No comments

Today, the movers came! Unexpectedly on time as well. And fast! They managed to pack and wrap up everything we had in about 4-5 hours time.. The result is one 20ft (partially) filled, ready for shipment to Tortola. Some things still need to be done though, like doing the last laundry, sorting out luggage, and [...]

One week to go

7 August, 2007 (12:13) | Tortola | No comments

.. and then we’re moving!
Unfortunately, I couldn’t get an earlier flight, so I’ve just arrived in Curacao. Just in time to start preparing for everything, although supposedly the movers will be doing all the work..

SXM

5 August, 2007 (22:04) | Tortola | No comments

Right. So because of the Festival (and probably other reasons as well), flights from Tortola to SXM are full. Soosh is flying back today at ~17:00, then onwards to CUR at 20:30. My flight is at 19:20, resulting in missing that flight. At the airport, I tried to get on an earlier flight. Winair had [...]

St Thomas

3 August, 2007 (19:05) | Tortola | No comments

Today, we went shopping in St Thomas (USVI). Since Tortola is pretty small, and we needed a bunch of things to make the house more enjoyable to live, we took the 10am ferry to Red Hook. After clearing customs on St. John, we arrived at the dock. From there, we took a taxi to the [...]

Tortola again

1 August, 2007 (17:10) | Tortola | No comments

And back to Tortola!
This one was fun.. Since Soosh is already there, and picked up the keys to the appartment, I already packed some stuff for The Move ™. The company booked me on a very tight connection. Normally, there are a few options on a Wednesday. You take the 9:00 flight to SXM, [...]