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Published: December 12th 2012
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We are “slothing” it (new word we made up here). We will admit to completely and totally forgetting which day of the week we arrived or any other day since we have been here. We keep forgetting the fact that we need to take a water bottle everywhere and that showering should be a daily event, but at least we remember our names. You can sit here and watch the view for hours. If you wanted to, you could just read a book in the hammock and the book wouldn’t have to be any good at all. We spend part of each day in the top of a tree-house (our room), walking on the beach, watching little kids trying to catch crabs and fish, swimming in the sea and in a cold pool, playing with the local dogs and cats, and at mealtimes, we are waited upon by our bartender, Escott.
On the 11
th, we had Tapas night and so-so musical entertainment by a local group of older gents playing older soft rock tunes. It was pretty busy with locals and the food was super good (we got spicy shrimp, asparagus wrapped in bacon, beef skewers and hot wings). We
shared. We met a bunch of people, including a Canadian, Austrian and Italian (all girls) who moved here just because. We chatted with a really nice German couple and Clay introduced the guy to his first taste of gin.
Nature can be really good, but there are some negatives here. First, the mosquitos are very aggressive and blood-thirsty. Ann has been pretty torn up by them. Clay has been eaten up by no-see-ums. Secondly, it is so humid that you put your bathing suit out to dry and a couple of days later, it might still be damp. Towels quickly turn smelly, like you left them in the washing machine for a few days. The sheets are damp at night (they use the European type of AC, so there is no removal of humidity in the room.) On another note, Clay lost his new tooth crown down the drain. Even worse, he used Ann’s toothbrush to clean it off after retrieving it. NOTE FROM CLAY: No, what is even worse is that he retrieved it from a drain that had not been cleaned… ever. Completely and totally nasty!!!!
Snorkeling here is great. Clay took a huge amount of
photos, although nothing can adequately catch the awesome colors of the coral. The starfish are called sea stars here and they are gigantic. We took a boat ride with Ken, a born and bred local who works with the hotel. Ken was able to tell us interesting tidbits about Roatan. It was a really nice ride, but surprisingly swell-y on the far side of the reef where we snorkled. We can also swim out from our hotel to an area where there is concrete and rebar from a failed dock. Fish are everywhere around it. The water is simply a gorgeous Caribbean aqua color. It has rained here only a couple of hours one afternoon.
In the meantime, we have been reading blogs about Moroccan living (and Peace Corps Moroccan living), and have learned quite a bit. If you know anything about the Turkish toilet, you will feel a bit sorry for us. Clay has said that he will make it his goal to work on that issue first. One must eat only with one’s right hand (poor Clay is left-handed), and mostly you will eat out of the same dish as everyone else. Stick to your triangle area
of food in the dish in front of you. Don’t start with the meat part of the dish. We will have to drink lots and lots of hot, sweet, mint tea. (For those who know us well, this is a very big issue!) Weddings and other celebrations happen a lot and last 5-10 hours (no alcohol involved).
We had “Rosemary” from the PC leave us a voice mail, welcoming us. Many times she said, “you need to dress for Alaska, not Africa.” Apparently, when we arrive in January, it will be super cold. There is NO heating in the homes, except for maybe a stove. We are working on ordering some long johns.
We will be leaving the tree house on Thursday (we have figured out the day now) and so we will need to start figuring out where we are going. We know that Nicaragua is next. Stay tuned!
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