Saturday August 16

Saturday August 16

I talked to Tarquin this morning. He’s a friend of mine who invited us out to his hostel for a wedding gift. I told him we are back and would like to come out this coming week. Also, that I would like to pay for an extra two days so we can enjoy ourselves longer.

He told me that Thursday would be fine and that they would hold the ‘honeymoon room’ for us. Jayne and I both look forward to going. I’ll be sure to take some pictures and videos, too.

I sent an email to Richard in the morning. He called later in the morning to say he would be available to come over either today or tomorrow. I said today would be fine. He arrived about 12.30pm. We told him about our trip and about being over-charged for the visa. He said it could be because the dollar fell against the pesos. We’ll, this may be true, but that is quite a big fall from $230 to $400. In fact, Maria said her client came back in May of this year and it cost him $230. We’ll find out what the reason is next week – however, it could be because of the fall of the dollar in combination with the rise of the pesos.

Then we went to the mall to have lunch. Later, Jayne bought some art supplies in the mall while Richard and I went to the supermarket to get some things. Then we drove home where we talked for another hour.

Richard stayed an hour more while we talked. He also brought the hard drive that I had given him two weeks ago. This is great, as I need the extra space. The hard drive is 500 GB!

After he left, I started to type on this diary – taking it from what I wrote down in a notebook. Jayne is doing some painting.

Mathieu’s family plan to come out here tomorrow. I told Richard that he’s invited to come back again. He said he’ll try to make it. It would be nice to have everybody here. Jayne will make a meal for all of us.