I didn’t go out exploring anywhere!
I got up about 0930 and had breakfast here in the hotel. Continental breakfast – two slices of toast with jam and butter, plus a cup of very strong coffee – thick as mud.
I have spent most of the day reading and doom scrolling – I think it’s called a hangover The news today said that a ferry off Bali sank and there are 60+ people missing. Janet was sweet enough to send me a message to see if I was OK. Popped back to Sunshine 88 at 6 only to discover the chef doesn’t arrive until 7, so an hour of drinking on an empty stomach first!
My internal debate today is whether to buy a car when I get back to Oman. If I am to hire a car for another two years it will cost me between £6k and £7k. If I buy one for about £4000 and sell it in a couple of years for as little as £2000, it means that over the time I will be about £4000 better off. Seems like a no brainer, though I need to find out about tax, insurance, and MOT etc.
It was raining this afternoon and I noticed the swimming pool was empty as nobody wants to get wet… I know that really they can’t sit out on sunbeds but swimming should not be an issue.
I used Google translate at the restaurant and got this;
Ayam – chicken
Babi – pork
Pedas – spicy
Nasi – rice
Sapi – cow
Ayam goreng – fried chicken
Bistik – steak
Nasi goreng – fried rice.
The last one made me smile. When I worked at the Royal Hospital School in Suffolk, every now and again the menu would say ‘Nasi Goreng’ which sounded really exotic. It turns out it just means fried rice. Yet another example of how we can be fooled by language.
“£350 million a week for the NHS” must be one of the biggest lies in History.
Fairy Hanny 