Cockroach Watch

Returning to my room after eating a spot of dinner I was caught off guard by a filthy cockroach scuttling across the floor of my room. With cat like reflexes I grabbed the nearest cup and slammed in down on the  ugly blighter.

I left the room safe in the knowledge that I'd caught him and he wasn't going to crawl all over my face when I was asleep. Little did I know that he had a very different plan. On returning later to show George the size of the cockroach I'd caught he'd vanished from under the cup! After all the build up I'd given him he had vanished!

As George went to use the toilet I pondered, puzzled just where he could have escaped to checking under the beds and behind the curtains. George muttered "I hope it's not in here" as she closed the toilet door, that second I spotted our cheeky little friend darting under the toilet door. I decided against informing George of the situation as it would have caused more panic that it was worth.

As she opened the toilet door out zoomed the cockroach like a pedigree greyhound out of the traps. I lurched to my left with the cup in one hand at full stretch and just managed to land the cup over the cockroach from hell. This time we decided it was a good idea to weigh the cup down with a couple of shoes to prevent another Hudini type escape.

Despite my victorious capture there were also a couple more sightings that evening but I felt safe enough under my annoying but reassuring mozzie net. Especially after we had seen a spider the size of a large grapefruit in someones room early in the evening.