What a difference a day makes ......

Well, after the welcome team's doom and gloom statements on the rainy season and 5 hours of rain on the first night I was delighted to wake up to dry blue skies today.

Clearly the ground is well able to cope with the rain, this is a photograph of the same football pitch which was standing in water yesterday. Although the central section ( near the red flag ) is still spongy underfoot the rest is quite OK.


When out walking today I did come across some of the roadside storm drains, from the size of the drain you can see the type of rainfall that is expected.

The sun also brings out the colour in the environment, as expected Miri looks as though it is going to be a fabulous place to live.

I took a stroll onto the beach nearby and encountered some of the local wildlife, this first picture is specially for James.






On the beach I found lots of specimens of an old favourite, the little sand crabs that roll sand balls, it was low tide so the whole littoral area was covered with the evidenceof their activities.



















Miri's mascot is a seahorse and the object on the left of this picture is a large statue of same facing out to sea. Alongside is the pavilion at the end of the sea wall. I believe this is one extent of the harbour but I have yet to get there ( my passage being blocked by a stream running down the side of the beach).









And then finally one more shot of the beach and hotel, bookings now being taken from wintery northern Europeans.....


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