June update

The posts have been a little slim this month. After our Palmera trip, H&N got really sick and were diagnosed with giardia. Then I had giardia, and Joe had an amoeba. Good times. I decided not to post too much about the giardia sickness details and stool samples. Have I mentioned that every place here delivers? Did you know that the local lab will come to your house to pick up a stool sample? And the pharmacy will deliver any medicines right to your door. You don't even need a prescription!

The next week our air shipment was delivered to the villa. We decided to stay in the temporary apartment for a few more nights until we got the basics settled in the villa. June 10 was our fist night in the villa, and we really like it! On June 17 the sea shipment was delivered. Yeah for having our king size bed again! We have been spending a lot of time getting unpacked and sorting through our stuff. It seems like our life has revolved around packing and unpacking for so long.

This week was also one of the hottest yet. Highs around 110 degF. The locals say this is higher than normal for the summer, and I sure hope they are right. Today it cooled down to the low 90's and it makes a huge difference.

This weekend we were supposed to go to Paradise Beach on the Sinai side of the Red Sea, but then I came down with giardia again. And it's worse this time. So we'll try again next weekend.

That's about it for now. Henry and Nathan have been cruising around the villa on their new bikes with training wheels. And we have mango trees that provide anywhere from 2 to 8 mangoes per day. Joe has switched from a raspberry obsession to a mango obsession and we are building a good stock of frozen mango slices for smoothies.