all the way to sulawesi...

finally we made it to the beach!  okay, so it is not the white sand beach one pictures in the tropics,  as the island is surrounded by mangroves. but it is a beach all the same.  we flew from k.l. to manado, in northern sulawesi early yesterday morning.  then took a boat over to bunaken, a little island.  before heading off on the boat we stopped from some local cuisine.  thomas and i had gado gado, my all time favorite indonesian dish.  it has sticky rice and veggies and tofu all topped with a peanut sauce.  cannot go wrong with that.  

 zoe had noodles again, oh how she loves her noodles.   she had been such a great kid that when she begged for ice cream after lunch, we treated her.  she then proceeded to delightfully consume and decorate her face with the ice cream on the way to the island.  upon arrival, however there was some confusion.  we had booked at lorenzo's bungalows online nearly a month ago, but when we arrived, apparently the guy we had been emailing had not told the owner, so there was no bungalow.  however there was a room, with a bed in it. the owner apologized profusely, and said we could move into a bungalow after one night.  the room did not even have a fan, but there was a really nice french couple who lent us one, as i do not think zoe would have survived that night without one, it was hot.  then, to top off our bad luck, the bed broke when we were trying to go to sleep.  so end the end it was a mattress on the floor.  zoe woke us up at 0500 vomiting.  and since the room did not have a bathroom that meant running outside.  due to the repeated vomit thomas and zoe took about 4 showers this morning, though you could hardly call them showers, as it is just a bucket and scoop.  thomas was a super daddy.  she seems to be doing better, don't know if she maybe got some sea water in her mouth yesterday or if it is just the heat.  now we have moved into our bungalow, and it is so much nicer, we are all relieved and enjoying our tropical paradise.  we even had some great christmas snorkeling today. merry christmas!