Rainstorm

Today we were caught in a torrential downpour (hot rain) as we popped out to try to sort out a local car rental. We were literally across the street from the hotel lobby but there was no covered route so we decided, since it was our hotel anyway, we would brave it. Drookit is the only word to describe the result of a 10 second dash. The lightning was spectacular after we got up to the room with some lightning bolts that were VERY close to the hotel. As is the norm though, an hour or so later the rain was stopped and a couple of hours after that you would not have known it had been raining.

We managed to find a rental car and then set off in a taxi to collect it. We have hired it for a month so that we don't rush into a purchase. There is a car called a Great Wall M4 that we like a lot but the automatic version will not be available for another month or so. The other favourite is a Perodua Myvi which is a smallish car but amazingly roomy on the inside. That's what I have hired so that I can test out whether we would manage with one permanently. I have only driven it back to the hotel but I have to say that I was surprisingly impressed with it considering it is amongst the cheapest available.

We hope to conclude the paperwork for the villa tomorrow and we can then start the search for furniture. The tentative move in date is 29th August so fingers crossed for that. We are also hoping to check out a golf course or two tomorrow and maybe get a game in the next few days before I start work in earnest next Wednesday.
David