It's our last full day in the Canaries, and before we go off for a last meal out, we pay a surprise visit to Suki. Suki runs a sort of tourist booth in the shopping centre in the resort we're staying - Bahia Feliz, check it out, it's really nice if rather quiet - but only in the evenings. This involves sitting around with a bunch of leaflets waiting for passing tourists to come by, chatting them up, advising them on the things to do in Gran Canarias - and then trying to persuade them to go to a resort called Anfi to buy a holiday apartment. Yep, she's a timeshare rep. But as timeshare reps go, she's got to be one of the nicest. The reason we're going to see her is because she was lovely to us, got us a free day out at the resort and complimentary tickets to the water park, and then organised our New Year's Eve for us with friends of hers. Her booth is in one of the quieter out-of-the-way parts of even this quiet out-of-the-way resort, so customers are few and far between, which means there's no-one very much to talk to - and Suki needs people to talk to like others need oxygen to breathe!
We're not just talking hind legs and donkeys here. Suki could natter the four limbs and main body parts off a herd of any one of the larger mammals. Which is why we figure it counts as an act of kindness to go and see her and have a chat. As ever, when we get there, things are quiet. Suki's looking bored. But when she sees us, she perks up and gives us a big hug and a kiss, and we gab away about what we've done this week, and she tells us about her life, and friends and family, until we're about half an hour late for dinner. She insists on taking a photo with our daughters and wants us to send her a copy. We've only known her a few days, and I know when she first started chatting to us, she was only doing her job, but I dunno - she feels more genuine than that. Suki - if you're reading this, you're a real diamond, and we'll get the photo to you. Until we do, this is an RAK only half done.
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