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16 July 2012
July 06th-12th
This hotel should learn guests stay in to sleep, not because it’s great. They should therefore learn to switch off the lights in the patio, and put light-blocking blinds on the windows. It was so bright and noisy, we hardly slept.
Last night we had only cold water, this morning, we have no water at all. Oh well, 200k rupiah is rather cheap anyway. Still, they could at least serve a real breakfast. We had the choice between kopi (with a tablespoon of sugar of course) and a piece of toast filled with something sweet, dark, with green and red spots; or rice and fish… How I miss Claire’s pancakes this morning.
16 July 2012
While Claire was finishing the last details for her flights back to Noumea, I went to Toll to fill up the forms about the insurance claim. It’s quite straightforward in terms of process, as James explained, but it will be denied at first, and I must appeal afterwards. There is however, one chance in a hundred a promise of a reward might bring some or all of the missing items. It’s very frustrating to know someone went through our things. As we were packing this morning, I noticed a few other things went missing as well, such as my Bluetooth hands-free earpiece, or a pack of chewing gum. Go figure.
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29 June 2012
June 26th – 29th
So we got a text message from James on the Friday while we were on Atauro Island: Brice, your carnet has arrived! YAY!!!
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