Living on an Island

When I first came to Virgin Gorda two years ago,for a vacation to be with my then fiancee,and now husband Robbert who is also from Suriname,but happens to work in Virgin Gorda,I could soon see lot's of differences between My country Suriname and the Island of Virgin Gorda.Lot's of mountains here in Virgin Gorda,while the lanscape
is flat in Suriname. Now my country isn't big if you compare it to our big "neighbour" Bazil,but its still many times larger then the tiny Island Virgin Gorda.There are hardly two thausand inhabitants in Virgin Gorda,while there are
about half a million in my home country.The language is english but not exactly
the english we learned at school,and it was not so easy to understand the people.
english is still a foreign language to me as a Surinamese,who speaks dutch.
Let alone to understand the BVI dialect.After living and working here for a year
I get along much better.What I will never get used to is the very strong chloride concentration in the water. In Suriname we have the best quality water you can get in the world,and drinking water from the tap is something I am used too.But you can't drink tap water here,you have to buy water not only to drink,but when my baby arrive I have to buy "baby water"so those are the things I cannot get used to. I also consider to buy the very expensive "baby water" to bathe myself,because my skin gets dryer by the day,and I am sure I must blame this on the water!