Thurs, 17 Feb.
today was our day to FINALLY go Lionfish hunting AGAIN. we were so excited to go the first week we were here ... and haven't gone since :( so we were happy to be going again to KILL :) we woke up to threatening skies; but headed down to the dock anyway. we headed out towards the Keyes with the skies looking worse and worse. once we made the corner into the open waters, WoW, the waves were big! our Capt turned around and said the swells were too large for our boat. we had just past Raggedy Caye. Abi and i asked if we could go there. we'd been told about Raggedy Caye before, it is very small! it's just the kind of island you want to 'be on' ... Robinson C..... :)
it's owner has designated it as a Refuge because of the bird population on it. and the guys said NO ONE has ever set foot on it. now this is pretty amazing, considering that all the other rules of Honduras are blatently and obviously ignored. but this Caye is special ... don't know why, ... but happy that it is. so we passed close by, under rainy skies. the water was still amazingly blue, even with gray skies.
i don't know if you can see, but these palm trees are FLOWERING ... i've never seen this before:
we headed for home, but were not able to beat the rain. it poured and we were soaked! it stopped raining about the time we reached the dock, of course. on the walk back home, the sun came out and the rest of the day, it was a beautiful :( unfortunately, the rain during those 2 hours ruined our Lionfish day .... we were so bummed!
After drying off, Abi and i went back into town to start 'selling' our Recycling Program to the local businessses. we decided to 'practice' together and start with the 'easy' sells, .... the Dive Shops. the Dive Shops are by nature, environmentally friendly. the ones on this island are famous for housing and certifying divers. so they have a lot of young people in a central location. most already have separate bins for plastics; and they dutifully bagged them up separately and assumed they were going to the Recycling Plant. ... wrong! Abi made a trip to the Recycle Center and talked with the 2 men that 'worked' there, .....playing video games. there were a couple cubes of compacted plastic, but they said they had not shipped out any plastic in months ... because no one was bringing them plastic to compact and ship. ...hummmmm. obviously, there was a breakdown somewhere in the process. so, we aim to fix that; and i hope those guys are ready to get to work! As expected, the Dive Shops were easy sells, and surprised and very happy that we were including #2plastic, tin, metal, and cardboard! Abi and i got braver and attempted one of the small markets. the young girl behind the counter only spoke a little bit of english and indicated she was the owner. we tried, without much success, to explain our program. she didn't understand. luckily a woman in the store offered to translate for us. she still was confused. i saw a cardboard box full of cans. i asked her what she will do with that cardboard box, ...flatten and put in trash. ah-ha! she was shocked that she could get $$ for all that cardboard that she accumulates! the light bulb went on! i thought i'd push my luck asking her about the 'recycle bags' .... she said no. we thanked her, and as we were walking out the door, she stopped us ... she wanted a bag! our first bag sale, ... and to a LOCAL !!!!!!!!!!!!
me ... the Recycle Bag Lady:
it's owner has designated it as a Refuge because of the bird population on it. and the guys said NO ONE has ever set foot on it. now this is pretty amazing, considering that all the other rules of Honduras are blatently and obviously ignored. but this Caye is special ... don't know why, ... but happy that it is. so we passed close by, under rainy skies. the water was still amazingly blue, even with gray skies.
i don't know if you can see, but these palm trees are FLOWERING ... i've never seen this before:
we headed for home, but were not able to beat the rain. it poured and we were soaked! it stopped raining about the time we reached the dock, of course. on the walk back home, the sun came out and the rest of the day, it was a beautiful :( unfortunately, the rain during those 2 hours ruined our Lionfish day .... we were so bummed!
After drying off, Abi and i went back into town to start 'selling' our Recycling Program to the local businessses. we decided to 'practice' together and start with the 'easy' sells, .... the Dive Shops. the Dive Shops are by nature, environmentally friendly. the ones on this island are famous for housing and certifying divers. so they have a lot of young people in a central location. most already have separate bins for plastics; and they dutifully bagged them up separately and assumed they were going to the Recycling Plant. ... wrong! Abi made a trip to the Recycle Center and talked with the 2 men that 'worked' there, .....playing video games. there were a couple cubes of compacted plastic, but they said they had not shipped out any plastic in months ... because no one was bringing them plastic to compact and ship. ...hummmmm. obviously, there was a breakdown somewhere in the process. so, we aim to fix that; and i hope those guys are ready to get to work! As expected, the Dive Shops were easy sells, and surprised and very happy that we were including #2plastic, tin, metal, and cardboard! Abi and i got braver and attempted one of the small markets. the young girl behind the counter only spoke a little bit of english and indicated she was the owner. we tried, without much success, to explain our program. she didn't understand. luckily a woman in the store offered to translate for us. she still was confused. i saw a cardboard box full of cans. i asked her what she will do with that cardboard box, ...flatten and put in trash. ah-ha! she was shocked that she could get $$ for all that cardboard that she accumulates! the light bulb went on! i thought i'd push my luck asking her about the 'recycle bags' .... she said no. we thanked her, and as we were walking out the door, she stopped us ... she wanted a bag! our first bag sale, ... and to a LOCAL !!!!!!!!!!!!
me ... the Recycle Bag Lady:
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