After 28 hours of traveling we finally arrived home this morning. We left the hotel at 8pm Bahamian time and our flight left at 10:30pm. The check in process was chaotic.  It was like checking in at a small regional airport - I was going to say like Bloemfontein but that would be unfair on Bloemfontein. All the conference attendees on the flight (there were at least 20 of us) arrived at the same time and...

I had my last meeting this morning which was from 8am until lunch time. While I was doing that Helen did what she has done all week - go and lie in the sun.  She objected to my blog yesterday when I said she has just been lying at the pool.  So I am going to correct that.  She has either been at the pool or on the strip of beach for the whole week. The...

It feels like we have been here forever. And there is seriously not a lot to do unless you like lying next to the pool. I can't see that I will be rushing back to the Bahamas any time soon.  Helen (who actually has been lying next to the pool most of the time - see video on Facebook), hasn't even managed to get much of a tan.  Even the sun doesn't seem to work here....

This was a full work day for me and work isn't really a fair description.  It is more like a full day of torture for me. I had a meeting starting at 8:30 and going through to 12:30. Then a lunch meeting from 12:30 to 2:00pm.  And then another meeting from 2pm until 5pm and then dinner from 7pm.  If you think it is glamorous traveling to the Bahamas then just compensate that with today. Meanwhile...

The problem with writing a blog while on a business trip is that everyone thinks you are having a holiday when you are actually working. Today was one such day.  We woke up at about 6am and so it seems the jet lag is beaten. I had no formal meetings today but both Paul and I decided to spend the morning working anyway. The ladies went and did the sunbathing thing as it was a lovely...

Jo Mon, how'ya all do'ing? You have got to learn to speak like that or the locals don't understand you. And a lot of the time I have no clue what they are saying. Sometimes I actually think they are speaking a foreign language and then I catch an English word and realize they are talking English. Helen was awake at about 5am this morning (given she went to sleep at 7:45pm that was a pretty...

We left for Heathrow airport at 7am this morning for our flight to Bahamas. We did a little duty free shopping for Helen and then had breakfast in the lounge. By that stage it was almost time to board. On the way to the gate we met Paul & Tina and then bumped into two other actuarial people all on the same flight. We left right on time and the pilot told us that the flying...

Some people are confused because they have seen Helen's Facebook status and wondered why we are in London today when we are meant to be going to the Bahama's.  Don't worry, the plane was delayed and nor has the Bahama's been hit by another Hurricane.  We planned it this way. To get to the Bahama's from Cape Town is a real schlep.  You can either fly to Jhb then to Atlanta then to Miami and then...