Well yesterday was certainly a very interesting day that's for sure. It started off very quiet with Chris and Ann leaving for their 2 day sail to the mainland. We will miss them and wished them well on the remaining week of their holiday. After finishing the blog I joined Fred poolside where the party was just getting started eventhough we'd just finished our morning coffee and breakfast. We chatted with the girls from Calgary...Dani and Lyndsay, the ladies from northern CA and the 3 boys from Australia. Panty Rippers, frozen mudslides and margaritas were being served. Dani and Lyndsay joined Fred and I for lunch at the Rainbow Grill, while the boys went to the tattoo parlor. We had beef nachos, lobster creole with coconut rice, and chicken fajitas. We walked back to the hotel ... read more

Hope everyone is okay at home in spite of the ice storm rolling through. We decided to actually do something today and planned a day trip to nearby Ambergris Caye. We first went to the local bank so Fred could cash a traveler's check. I waited outside and immediately made a new Friend...a local man who called me "sweetheart". Lucky me!!! We then bought pastries at the bakery and then water taxi tickets for our trip tomorrow to Belize City and our tour to the Mayan ruins called Lamanai. Caught the 9:45 taxi to Ambergris and met a Canadian woman living on Caulker who gave us lots of great info about the island. She told us the guys pulling you into the restaurants for dinner get paid $2 bz for each person they bring in. A ... read more

Well it's Monday night and we've just got back to our cabana after a very interesting dinner at The Sand Box”. We arrived yesterday afternoon with all our flights leaving on time. During our 3 hour layover in Miami, we harassed the Genovali's with numerous text messages. Fred was on roll after a breakfast of champions...pizza, hot wings, beer, Miss Vicki's Sea Salt and Vinegar chips and frozen margaritas with an extra shot of tequila. He was wearing the same hat he wore on the infamous Bob Day trip to St. John so I was getting more than a little worried about how this was going to end up. It worked out fine...we met a couple from Toronto, a Connecticut couple getting married on Ambergris Caye and a rum salesman. Had a great time comparing notes ... read more

Here it is the day we've all dreaded....no not Valentine's Day, although today is Feb. 14th and David did get extra brownie points for buying Lisa a card. Its the day we leave JVD and return home to the cold, snowy Northeast. We packed last night and have until 10 AM to do dishes, sweep up, throw out the trash and leave the villa. We decided to catch the 9:30 AM ferry to Tortola and arranged to have Lorelee meet us at the West End Ferry dock. David dropped off us and the luggage at the ferry dock in Great Harbor then dropped off the rental car downtown. There was nobody to take him back to the ferry (eventhough that's the promise that was made) so he started walking. He was picked up by a couple ... read more

Wednesday has been a very quiet day. We slept late, had a continental breakfast then Bloody Mary's made with Jack & Bernie's mix....great stuff...will have to see if we can get it someplace at home. We headed to Great Harbor so David could buy tomatoes for our dinner tonight of Lobster Fra Diavlo. We had lunch at Ali Babas...Freddie finally got to have the chicken roti that he's been dying for all vacation. There was a cute island style Jeep parked next door that we'd love to take home with us. After lunch I played the guilt card...”Lisa if you really love me you'll get your hair braided”...and Lisa gave in. There was a salon in the same building as the grocery so the boys went to Foxy's while Lisa and I each got 5 braids ... read more