I have been busy here today, as I had a surf at 6am and then put offers in on 2 lots of land I mentioned in the previous post.  One is a small piece next to the road and my offer has been accepted.  I want to open a laundry as there isn’t one here at the moment.  Everyone has their clothes hand washed and they do not always come up completely clean and hand washing can wear out clothes in a way that an industrial washing machine won’t.   Before I finalise the purchase, I need to check about the waste water and where it will go, as there are resorts right next to the lot and I will need to dig up the ground and lay a run off pipe.  I am not sure if there is sace to do this, so I have a meeting booked with a surveyor for Monday.  The other lot is slightly larger and I want to open a coffee shop and bakery, as there is also not one here.  It is also on the main road that tourists live on, but not on the same side as the beach.  I will have a landscaped garden with loads of flowers and plants, a few hammocks, nice shaded seating and tables, great wifi, coffee, cakes and chilled music.  I want to do BBQ ribs, chicken and fish in the evenings.    I hope it works out as I want to stay in the Philippines for 9 months a year from now on.

As I mentioned in my previous post, my sister Louise is also thinking of building a house here, even though she’s never visited Siargao.  She lives 6 months a year in Thailand and 6 months in England at the moment and I think she wants to move here for 6 months a year instead.  She arrived in Manila with my brother in law last night and they had a nightmare at the airport.  They took an hour and a half to get the bags off her plane and then another hour and a half to get from the international terminal to the domestic terminal.  The upshot was that she missed her connecting flight to Cebu, so she is still currently in Manila.   She will get here eventually and it will be good to see her.