Oh no! Last day of the pools again.

November 21st is a sad day for us. It is the last day of our open air pools. The weather isn't too bad and the water isn't particularly cold, so we are devastated. We spent the early afternoon down at the open air pool in Club Sienna. We also treated ourselves to lunch there as, it's also the last day of the little poolside kiosk. This kiosk does the best Japanese dumplings in the entire world.

Last swim in Sienna.

Last swim in Sienna.

I will miss my pool.

Really miss it.

Me after my last swim.

In front of the little kiosk.

Peter with his beer.

I love these Japanese dumplings.

Back home I decided to photograph the beautiful bauhinia flowers outside our building. These are currently at their finest. They really cheer the place up.

View of our building.

Beautiful bauhinias.

Beautiful bauhinias.

It seems Christmas has arrived already in our block. We appear to have a bright pink Christmas tree.

These Christmas decorations have just appeared in the lobby of our building.

Well, we couldn't let the last day of the pool go with only one swim, so after a short rest, we headed to the other plaza and the other pool and went for a swim there, too. This was the first time we have used this pool this year.

On route to the pool we passed the plaza Christmas decorations. This year all the Christmas trees seem to be shaped like Santa hats. The Sunday market which takes place once a month was in full swing too.

Christmas decorations in the plaza.

Christmas decorations in the plaza.

Discovery Bay Sunday Market.

The water was lovely. The pool wasn't crowded as most people are apparently too namby pamby to swim in the November chill, i.e. it's slightly below roasting hot.

The other pool.

The other pool.

Me by the Residents' Club Pool.

Peter with the Residents' Club Pool.

Peter with the Residents' Club Pool.

Peter by the other pool.

After the swim, we headed to the restaurant in the club and ate dinner on the terrace overlooking the pool. I had laksa. It had a delicious coconut and chilli sauce but was a bit lacking in prawns.

The Residents' Club Pool viewed from the terrace

My laksa.

Peter's club sandwich.

After dinner we returned home for a well earned sleep. On the way we passed our beach all beautifully lit up and the Christmas tree I walked by earlier all ablaze with lights.

Beach by night.

Christmas tree by night.

Christmas tree by night.