Yesterday was definitely a bad day but today was better. We finally found a source for the special food poor Snowshoe has to have to stay a "regular" boy. Constipation is his enemy. The first vet we went to didn't carry the Royal Canin that he needed but the second one did. We found a taxi listed in the "Windward Island" book and called him(Marc). He showed up about an hour later and knew exactly where to go--both bet places that we little more than holes in the wall. Way off the beaten path. In our ill advised quest yesterday to find the first vet, there was no way we would have ever found him he was so far not where his address was supposed to be.
At least today it's finally a sunny day. Yesterday rained on and off most of the morning and once it looked better, well that's when we took off. Could never find the bus that was supposed to take us to the vet so we ended up walking and ended up in a neighborhood we definitely should never have been in. As I checked my IPad to see where we were and how to get the heck out of there, a rather tall man came running by and snatched the IPad right out of my hands and then ran up a set of circular stairs and across the main highway. I took off after him but there is a big difference between a man in his younger 20s and one in his 60s. No way I was ever going to catch him especially with my bad back and leg. I made it to the top of the circular stairs and over the walkway but he was long gone. A man across the bridge saw him and came back with me along with three other men and they called the police for us. Took a good 45 minutes for them to show up but they stationed three men with us and more across the bridge looking for the man. We then were driven aver the mainroad and up to where the walkway crossed the highway to see if we saw anyone. The guy was wearing a black hoodie with the hood up, and black pants and sneakers. Never saw his face so there was no way I could identify him if he was in a crowd of one. In the end, the police took us to the main station where we filled out a form(another policeman did it as it was all in french). Signed my name lots of times on the forms, was interviewed again by one of the detectives that was out on the scene and asked if we could stick around for a few days incase anything came up. So here we sit at least with three bags of good cat food and with nine more on order to come in next Tuesday. So while yesterday really sucked, at least we know Snowshoe will be better. He was already starting to clog up and that's never a good thing.
In the last 7 years since we started, we been nailed three times. First, a pick pocket got me in the Philippines. Then a snatch and grab guy got my ATM card and a bunch of money and now this. At least no one got hurt and I can replace most of what was on the IPad. Just about everything was backed up.