Who ordered the cyclone? and, What is a man to do!

The spate of wet and windy weather we have been experiencing  now has a name he's called "Nilam" and hes a cyclone who has just battered Tamil Nadu in India and we, sitting in our remote island in the Indian Ocean are on one of its tails unfortunately. 

I gleaned this information from "Anna" the Russian guest services lady who we were chatting to whilst looking west at the approaching rain clouds just after breakfast.  She it seems was waiting for another batch of her countrymen who she said would blame her for the weather!  

Here's a pic from the Maldivian Weather Service showing the cyclone. 

You can clearly see the outline of India and Sri-Lanka and the red arrow points to us at Kurumba in the Maldive chain of islands. 

There are reports of "Nilam" weakening since it hit land about 6 hours ago so with a bit of luck it should clear.  However at the moment we seem to be getting a lot of "warm" rain. 

One thing about the effects of "Nilam" is that it drives people "inside" and the sumptuous Beach Bar  is one of the refuges that has been taking some hammer lately.

  Its a very nice bar and is complemented by being quite open at the sides and it has 34 ceiling fans that are lazily turning or whizzing round at a tremendous speed.  Yeah yeah! sad i know to sit there and have counted them but thats before "the entertainment arrives!"  The entertainment in this case is "The Americans!"

A group of about 10, equally divided by5  girls and 5 boys but with a clear and distinct "hierarchy".  There's the Barbie lookalike for the girls and the Ken "Alpha male" one for the boys! The others looked like a band of what you might call "loose associates"

We were in the bar the other night when a rock group was playing in the corner and we were sat at the bar next to "the Americans" who were talking loudly enough to be heard over the band.  We sat there, as you do, listening to the conversation, but more to the point "watching the predators circling the prey!" 

A couple had broken away from the group sitting down and were stood at the bar.  Looking a little like 2 adolescents hoping to sneak away from the herd for some illicit bonking!  This seemed to concern our "Alpha male" who kept coming across to the couple and stroking the female of the pair in an effort to get her to rejoin the herd. 

After the 3rd attempt by our "Alpha male" failed the pair left rather hurriedly without saying good bye to the rest of the herd and disappeared into the night.  Our "Alpha male" looked taken aback on realising one his fillies had escaped but soon forgot about it when "Barbie" eased over next to him and started stroking his thigh!  A bit like giving a baby a dummy I imagine

"Alpha male" further stamped his authority on the group by dancing wildly (it has to be said, he could dance)  with most of them and even managed to bring a couple of Russian beauties back to the table.  This infuriated "Barbie" and 2 others and they left sulking.  Dear dear what is a man to do!!!!!!!