Wednesday July 23rd


we started today with a trip to the beach on the beach shuttle.
Without doubt, paradise beach is the most beautiful beach i have ever seen. All that hype about the white sands & clear turquiose waters - all true.
The kids had a fantastic time - James, Elinoa & Yoav swam out to a big wooden diving platform and had great fun jumping in (apart from the bit where Elinoa slipped and cut her lip..). Millie & I stayed a bit closer to shore, searching for fish and making sandcastles.
We headed back to the hotel for lunch (very odd - tuna, chinese noodles, sweetcorn, and ketchup of course) and then hit the local supermarket looking for some much needed fruit & veg.
Well, after having packed & schlepped a huge suitcase full of all the OU products people told me I wouldnt be able to find here, I was kind of dissapointed but also slightly pleased to find that the supermarket was just like Pathmark (/Tescos) without the kosher meat & cheese section!!
In the afternoon, we went on a 2 hour horse ride. James & Millie rode 'Hillary' together, Yoav rode 'Barney', Elinoa got 'Madonna' and lucky me, I was landed with 'Yasser'. I tried not to hold it against him, but I do have to say, I felt a little animosity towards my horse.
After an hour, we reached the beach & those who were daring enough, went for a quick gallop along the sand. I stayed with Millie, watching her take random photos of her feet & other members of the group, while James, Elinoa & Yoav went for their 5 minute gallop. After that, we head back for our hour's ride back to the ranch. On the way back, Millie did her magic trick of falling asleep on a horse again. For some reason, i really enjoyed that feeling of being covered in dust on top of sunscreen, thinking about how nice it would be to get in to a shower.
Everyone was pretty sore & it took us a while to be able to walk again, but all in all it was a great adventure.
At dinner time, we sat round the table talking about the best part of the day & the worst part of the day. Everyone's wost parts were obviously their aches & pains, and the best parts were the horse ride, except for Millie, who said it was "the taxi ride"....