Mid travel crisis?

So – low season is still in full bloom. Fact is – all four of us have been irritable, sleeping badly and been simply bored. We still haven’t done anything “exciting” – just staying at home or taken a short trip to town for groceries or a quick swim at the beach. We have also caught a bug of some kind, all feeling more or less queasy. We have been debating what is the chicken and the egg – are we bored because of this place, or because we have travelled for some time (which would be natural), or are we just extra susceptible because we have not been feeling well?

Entertaining the kids at home

Sometimes you want to stay in bed…

Afternoon snack – three mouths and a yoghurt

Ok – we do get out the door occasionally

Yeah - it’s hot

On top of this – we need to leave this house by May 5th. When planning this trip at home we decided we would leave next week “unbooked” to allow ourselves some flexibility. So…. we have had some pressure to plan something new – when not feeling excited at all about it (and yes, I know this is a luxury problem big time….) But – even luxury problems need to be solved. After a few nights of research we now have a new schedule. Having travelled for a while we now also know what we want – so we have done some changes also, adding completely new islands and removing some! And, since we need a little re-boot, we have booked 10 days of all-inclusive where B doesn’t need to make pancakes and we can sit down to a nice dinner each evening. We’re getting back to being excited.

This is what it looks like so far:

May 5 – May 7 Fort de France – Martinique

May 7– May 11 Somewhere in the forest, Dominica

May 11 – May 22 Calibishie, Dominica (all inclusive)

May 22- June 4 Luquillo, Puerto Rico

June 4 – June 18 Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico

June 18-20 San Juan, Puerto Rico

June 20 – July 5 ??????? Still not decided

July 5th – Return home

And… we are mourning a true friend that has passed away. After serving us multiple times daily our dearest coffee machine is no more. Please don’t ask how he died.

R.I.P