it’s been one of those weeks…when monday started we had to get prepared for hurricane irene without really knowing what to expect. tuesday and wednesday were scary days, thursday was clean up day and today i am so grateful that everyone is safe in provo.
we are also getting ready for our first guests at home and looking forward to a great weekend ahead!
its been two long days in providenciales, with strong winds and heavy rain – there were a lot of damages, mainly trees and a lot of flooding, many areas in the island were out of power for two days and many couldn’t leave home due to floods on the roads. at home we had no power and had two water leaks on the top floor…spring clean day for me today!
what scared me the most is not knowing how bad can it get, we are happy that it’s over – the sun is out and everybody is busy cleaning up their homes and streets.
irene has now passed the bahamas and is a category 1, so we are praying that it doesn’t affect the us east coast…
follow irene here
us astronaut ron garan posted a stunning image today of hurricane irene as seen from the international space station some 225 miles above the planet.
picture source and more on it here
i was at the beach last weekend with james and our dear brazilian friend gisele and we were talking about how many people we knew from our own country living on island. provo has lot’s of american, canadian, british and french expats – portuguese, brazilian and vietnamese are not so common. when you live abroad, in such a secluded place, you get really surprised when you know that someone from your country lives nearby.
james was proud to be the only vietnamese in provo, and assumed he would never find another vietnamese living here…he was so wrong – just one day later, when we went to lay out in our pool, we met a vietnamese neighbour who lives in our own condo! Totally unexpected!
ps – i know of 5 other portuguese people living in provo, i haven’t met them all but i can’t wait! gisele knows of 4 other brazilian and they are all close friends.
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