Thursday, March 01, 2007

Drug bust

This morning we were with Cindy and the girls again, as I had volunteered to help her with some stuff on the computer. When we arrived, she and the girls were waiting for us just outside their house where the driveway begins, so that I would be able to find the house. They live in St Paul’s, fairly close to Plantation House as the crow flies, but difficult to find if you haven’t been there before. We had a fantastic time together – arrived at 10, and only left at about 2.40! I installed a little program for her to aid with photo resizing, and then set up a blog for them. Panic welled up when the computer blue-screened (what is it with me and computers blue-screening?) and then wouldn’t start up again. I was very worried, but eventually, after me feeling very embarrassed, it righted itself and we could carry on. In the meantime, the kids were playing Lego and all kinds of other stuff, with the occasional dispute and teary “that boy” did this and “the smaller girl” did that.

The RMS left for Ascension this evening. When she came in on Sunday, there was a big delay with getting the luggage and containers off the ship, because there was a drug-bust. Someone was trying to smuggle Cannabis (marijuana) into the country, and somehow customs and police got wind of it. They had to take the sniffer dogs on board when she docked on Sunday. People have only been able to get their luggage and hold goods off today and yesterday! We were very fortunate to be able to get our box on Monday.

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