Only a couple of days until I go back to Taiwan. T…
Only a couple of days until I go back to Taiwan. Things to be done. It’s been a great vacation; I’m really glad I was able to take it finally, but I promised myself I’d have my book done by my birthday this year, which happens to be Christmas, and so I really need to get back to work on finishing it.
Simon’s mum drove us down to the Swan River yesterday, passing through a series of rich neighbourhoods, but we failed to suffieciently alarm the residents. Apparently I do that best on my own, which is just as well. Wouldn’t want my gracious hosts to feel the glare of police suspicion, now would I?
Eventually we ended up at the beach, the same beach where Simon, Ryan and I hung out a couple of nights ago, only it looks completely different by day. The wind whipped a low cloud of sand sufficient to sting legs and fill socks, but I enjoyed dipping a toe or two in the Indian ocean. The water was a striking blue-green and windsurfers were making spectacular jumps in and out of the white-topped waves.
We came back and Simon’s mum fixed up a genuine Ozzie meal consisting of roast lamb and bread-and-butter pudding, after which we watched The Dish on DVD. It’s a good movie, but the music and cinematography nearly overwhelmed the characters and story. A difficult mesh, I suppose.
The weather today is fine and windy but predicted to turn nasty later. We’re going to go out for lunch in a bit with Simon’s dad, and then possibly to the historical farming town of York to watch meteors later on it the weather holds up.
