Despite being surrounded by water, the country is experiencing a water crisis. Fresh water is delivered to many of the islands and they cannot keep up with tourist demands.

The topography on the islands has been interesting. The mountains are dry, rocky and it’s amazing any vegetation survives at all. The heat, dryness and high winds make for the perfect conditions for wildfires and we saw one pop up last night on the hill directly across from our hotel. As we were going to bed we heard fire trucks arriving on the scene to put it out.

This morning we awoke to the sound of a helicopter and it sounded like they were landing on top of the hotel. It practically did. For at least 90 minutes the helicopter circled above the hotel dropping water onto the dry land. It filled up its water reservoir in the ocean, flew over the hotel, dumped water on the mountain, and went back to the beach to fill up again. We lost track of how many runs it made.