Mi Casa Just For Now

Our new dwelling is in an Apartment building right next to or in a golf course called Lucayan Towers. Its a nice place to live in because its safe. there is a guard on duty 24 hours and they have to buzz you in to get to the elevators. Now for those of you in Dominica whose jaws just dropped, thats right and elevator! We live on the 9th floor which would be more of a mini Boiling Lake hike compared with our 4 floors at Nick Vidal, Dom. 

We have a couch now which isn't a huge deal to many but after living with a bed that double as a couch and a small 2 person kitchen table its pretty great. Our counter that separates the kitchen from living room is awesome. We love it and use it for everything. The kitchen table has now turned into a desk for computers. We really had to spread our belongs out thin to fill most of the shelves here, but no complaints cause there is so much storage here. We have 3 closets for hanging clothes and tons of cupboard space and a linen closet. I love just having space. The only downside is that the bed is teeny tiny. I'm not very good at sharing either so poor Steve is pushed to the edge nightly.

Take a look and see what you think. This place was so dirty when we got here. We had to wipe down everything, even inside drawers. I'm really missing maid service! But I can do my laundry any time I want now cause we don't have to send it out to a laundry service here. There is a laundry room on every floor and its empty so much that its no hassel. and there is a trash  chute so we don't have to carry it down to a stinky dumpster.

So this couch is kinda faded and needs more cushioning on the back but its still a good couch. I still love my Herbert (couch).

Yep yep we have a sink in the bathroom and outside it with a long counter and huge mirror. I love it. This place has mirrors all over the place. Its great for people who are a teensy bit vain, I might just be but the support group says I could recover.

Our complex comes with tennis courts, a pool and a gym (we haven't really looked at that but not really expecting much so who cares) If you play where's waldo you can see our red scooter. It was parked in 6 inches of water. It doesn't rain too much here, but it sure drowns us when it does. Lots of lightening storms too.

Golf course. If you weren't worried about being pelted by golfers then it really would be a pleasant place to explore. Really makes you remember its a good walk spoiled! Maybe if I was good at it, but I have no aspirations so it'll never happen.

This is the downtown area from our house its a 10-15 minute drive. They are so proud of their tallest building that you can see here, but the fact remains that its not even in use. There were 2 hurricanes that wiped out a lot of stuff on this island in 2004. One was a category 5 hurricane. They had one in 2005 also. So this building was one of the many places that was damaged and closed to that.

A few random things about this island. Tree groves are on fire all the time. They just start up randomly. Its weird to drive past burning bushes by the roads every night. Also they have all the islandy palm trees and the tropical flowers, but totally random of all things are the pine trees. They are everywhere. I feel sometimes like I'm back home. This island really doesn't feel islandy until you go to Port Lucaya. That is the main tourist hub. There is a nice shopping area and pubs with a performing stage. The hotels are there too with some great white sand beaches.