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May. 27th, 2007 | 11:26 am
Good morning,
Yes, it has been a while since I was able to post. I had problems with the password resetting. It has also been very busy around here the last few months. Milos also went back to the states for 2 weeks and my Mom came for a month to help me. When she came down she brought my grandmother who is 85 years old with her for the first 9 days. This proves that anyone can enjoy our paradise. She went on the glass bottom boat; Gumbalimba and saw the monkeys; a tour around the island; many long walks on the beach, even in just the moonlight; crab races at Bay Island beach resort with a reggae band dancing barefoot; many great restaurants; and yes, even Sunday at the Palapa bar for beer and the best cheese burgers. She really enjoyed herself here.
Semana Santa (Easter week) was just crazy here. I knew it was going to be a lot of people, but couldn't even imagine how it was here. Each day there were more people than the day before with the most on Thurs/Friday/Saturday. We had been watching all morning our normally quiet street, where people had been parking bumper to bumper on both sides of the street as far as you could see each way. The vacant fields between here and the beach were turned into parking lots and every van came with at least 10-12 people in it. For lunch Milos and I decided to walk to the beach and see what it looked like. Jacob spent most of the week on the beach with his friends. When we saw the beach we just stood there stunned. Our quiet, beautiful beach had thousands of people everywhere you looked. From the palm trees to about 50 feet into the sea it was just solid people. The docked looked like it would not hold 1 more kid. There wasn't room to put down a towel with out getting stepped on. I have no idea where all these people slept as there aren't that many rooms here.
We had great guests staying here and they were able to retreat back to our hotel for some quiet time. The real fun began around 5:00pm when everyone (drunk)was trying to leave. There was a major traffic jam and everyone was honking, pulling into the street and blocking even more. There was even a firetruck with it's lights on that couldn't get through. We had friends over and we all sat on the porch of our office drinking wine and laughing at the mess. By Easter Sunday most people were gone and the beaches starting to be cleaned. Things are quieting down here as the high season ends. You can go out on the beach and find very few people on it.
The water is warming up (people from up north think it is already warm) so we are going down everyday before Jacob goes to school, walking on the beach and swimming from 6-7am. It is the prettiest time of the day. Some mornings we are the only ones on the beach and the water is like glass. Every morning last week Jacob found large starfish that had come up next to shore that were beautiful, we have also been seeing eagle rays around the dock and 2 baby puffers. It still amazes me that we can do all this and still get to school on time.
The sun in the evening is directly in front of us now and we are having terrific sunsets. Everyone's favorite place to watch the sunsets is on the top deck of our palapa. For the last 2 week, 1 of our guests (John & Sherri) brought his guitar and played every night for us up there. It was great having a glass of wine and listening to music as the sun goes down. We will miss that. Jacob said that he is going to learn to play so he can play every night for us.
Friday was the Roatan's ladies luncheon. It was held out on Osgood Cay which is now an extension of Anthony's Key. It was great to see 60 women come for this. There was a wonderful BBQ; we had a dolphin encounter, where you get to be in the water with 4 of them, and then hung out by the new pool. This was to raise money for the new French harbor children's clinic.
Well, I guess that catches you up on what has been going on here. I will be back to posting every few days again.
Celeste
Yes, it has been a while since I was able to post. I had problems with the password resetting. It has also been very busy around here the last few months. Milos also went back to the states for 2 weeks and my Mom came for a month to help me. When she came down she brought my grandmother who is 85 years old with her for the first 9 days. This proves that anyone can enjoy our paradise. She went on the glass bottom boat; Gumbalimba and saw the monkeys; a tour around the island; many long walks on the beach, even in just the moonlight; crab races at Bay Island beach resort with a reggae band dancing barefoot; many great restaurants; and yes, even Sunday at the Palapa bar for beer and the best cheese burgers. She really enjoyed herself here.
Semana Santa (Easter week) was just crazy here. I knew it was going to be a lot of people, but couldn't even imagine how it was here. Each day there were more people than the day before with the most on Thurs/Friday/Saturday. We had been watching all morning our normally quiet street, where people had been parking bumper to bumper on both sides of the street as far as you could see each way. The vacant fields between here and the beach were turned into parking lots and every van came with at least 10-12 people in it. For lunch Milos and I decided to walk to the beach and see what it looked like. Jacob spent most of the week on the beach with his friends. When we saw the beach we just stood there stunned. Our quiet, beautiful beach had thousands of people everywhere you looked. From the palm trees to about 50 feet into the sea it was just solid people. The docked looked like it would not hold 1 more kid. There wasn't room to put down a towel with out getting stepped on. I have no idea where all these people slept as there aren't that many rooms here.
We had great guests staying here and they were able to retreat back to our hotel for some quiet time. The real fun began around 5:00pm when everyone (drunk)was trying to leave. There was a major traffic jam and everyone was honking, pulling into the street and blocking even more. There was even a firetruck with it's lights on that couldn't get through. We had friends over and we all sat on the porch of our office drinking wine and laughing at the mess. By Easter Sunday most people were gone and the beaches starting to be cleaned. Things are quieting down here as the high season ends. You can go out on the beach and find very few people on it.
The water is warming up (people from up north think it is already warm) so we are going down everyday before Jacob goes to school, walking on the beach and swimming from 6-7am. It is the prettiest time of the day. Some mornings we are the only ones on the beach and the water is like glass. Every morning last week Jacob found large starfish that had come up next to shore that were beautiful, we have also been seeing eagle rays around the dock and 2 baby puffers. It still amazes me that we can do all this and still get to school on time.
The sun in the evening is directly in front of us now and we are having terrific sunsets. Everyone's favorite place to watch the sunsets is on the top deck of our palapa. For the last 2 week, 1 of our guests (John & Sherri) brought his guitar and played every night for us up there. It was great having a glass of wine and listening to music as the sun goes down. We will miss that. Jacob said that he is going to learn to play so he can play every night for us.
Friday was the Roatan's ladies luncheon. It was held out on Osgood Cay which is now an extension of Anthony's Key. It was great to see 60 women come for this. There was a wonderful BBQ; we had a dolphin encounter, where you get to be in the water with 4 of them, and then hung out by the new pool. This was to raise money for the new French harbor children's clinic.
Well, I guess that catches you up on what has been going on here. I will be back to posting every few days again.
Celeste