Batchelor Pad

Okay, here's some pictures of my place, as promised. It's taken me a while to 1) Be around when there's some light. Being on the side of the house that gets nearly no direct sunlight and being flanked by big trees that mark off the neighbours' property, I don't really have much natural light coming in most of the time. 2) Get around to making the whole place tidy enough to take all these pictures in one go. 3) Just have some spare time in general as the last couple of weeks have been quite busy.

Anyway, presenting casa del Cocinero ('Cook's house' in spanish):
































The first picture is how you see things when you walk through my front door. There's the open plan kitchen/diner/living room area, and then the left hand door leads to the bathroom, and the right hand one to the bedroom - both of which are shown in the following pictures. The bedroom has a big sliding door should you want some ventilation, but generally better is to use the air conditioner - especially at night because otherwise you will be mauled by bugs.

The whole place isn't quite as big as my ultra wide lens has made it look, but it's a comfortable size for one person. What is the crowning glory of it though is the access to Gary's back garden and pool which I can use pretty much whenever. Take a peek!

Pretty nifty, huh? Beyond the pool it's actually the brow of a hill and the garden extends a long way further down a hill and to another flat bit. There's enough green around that you get all sorts of wildlife populating the garden, which can be a pain as much as a pleasure, but it's generally a nice touch.

Anyway, who's coming to visit now? :o)