Sunday

Sunday, 10 Jan: Still cool, cloudy, and windy. my first 'day-on-the-job', we literally spent ALL DAY taking care of the cats! Madi is doing an amazing job with so many cats and so few resources. it's a 2hr process, twice a day to feed and clean boxes for about 70 cats, i still need get a definite count; plus the 10 across the street that she feeds twice a day. as you can imagine, not all the cats get along. she also wants all of them to be able to enjoy some 'real outdoor' time in her enclosed palm tree yard. although in my opinion, their assigned areas are quite spacious with lots of things to climb on. so she has it all worked out, these cats go here, while these go there, then switch them for other ones; and this one eats everyones food, so he goes in here to eat by himself; that one starts fights, so has to be here while others are there .... it's going to take me awhile to learn the routine! that afternoon, Peter arrived from The Netherlands to help Madi out as well. he found Madi's place through the 'couch-surfing' network. something unknown to me until now. he is an attorney and is travelling around the world, at his own pace ... making it up as he goes. Sunday, before i collapsed, Peter and i went to Bamboo, a little restaurant on the beach that Madi recommended ... we were the only ones there .... all the tourists must have gone further south!