Mon, 21 Mar
my last couple of days here, so what do i want to do ? snorkel? yes. but first this morning i'll get more donations. i need to get a taxi to go to Lawson Rock to a restaurant out there. first i'll stop at RMP. Grazzia praised me for the donations i've gotten so far :) i told her that i'd be leaving Wed. she could not believe that i'd been here a month already, well 3.5 weeks. i can't either. i feel like i am just getting acquainted with things here; i feel comfortable. i guess that's how i felt leaving Utila too. and there are things that i didn't do or see here too. i guess it takes about 3 weeks to really get to know a place. .... that's good info to store....somewhere :)
i went out to the Hungry Kiwi at Lawson Rock, about a 15min drive. Lawson Rock, is a Resort, ...i didn't know this, i thought it was just a Rock :) the manager wasn't in, so i walked around awhile. pretty places, these resorts.
but what do the people do way out there? ...it's like living in Augusta without a car! resorts are very nice and clean; but you don't get the 'flavor' of any island, if you're living inside a bubble, with all the comforts of home. this is only my opinion, of course; no doubt because i can't sit still :). if you just want, and can, totally relax and do nothing, i guess a resort is the answer.
like i said, it's a real pretty place.
i went the Spa and Gift Shop. started talking to the owner, where i'm from, what i'm doing. she said, 'well, why don't i donate a couple of massages" WoW, that was an unexpected nice surprise!
the other place, the Pool Bar, that i was supposed to go to was closed. around here they use a barbed wire fence to keep people out. and they are serious about their barbed wire fences! they string 5 lines of wire, about 10" apart and there's no 'sliding through' ! someone else will have to approach the Pool Bar for a donation.
back at RMP, Grazzia asked me if i've ever used 'Publisher'. i think that is the name of it, ...a computer program used to publish things. i said 'no, i never have". she said, 'no problem, it's easy'. yea .... last month RMP had a Lionfish Cook-Off. she needed me to make the 'Award Certificates' for the winners. she got the main document set up and then i tried to put the text in. grrrrrrrr ! so frustrating! so i spent the next couple of hours working on that. had i known what i was doing, i could have been done in 20min. at 2pm, i needed to go to a store to pick up a pie. on Fri nights there is a girl selling Coconut Cream Pies. they are the best i've ever had. by the time i got there last Fri, she had sold out. i pouted. she offered to make me a small pie. so i needed to pick it up. gasp! it was a full size pie. ...and i'm leaving in 2 days, ...no way. she agreed to sell me half a pie, thankfully. this pie weighed 5 pounds, so i'm working on it ... breakfast, lunch, dinner.
then back to RMP to try to finish up the document. i worked for a while longer, then called it a day. i got home in time to shower, change, and get back down to The Sundowner. a full work day ... and no snorkeling.
i finally decided, yes, i really should leave on Wed, and sent my email to Mike at Plantation. he had said in a previous email that they could pick me up from LaCeiba and take me to the island; ... i thought he meant that it was included .... i checked the web site ... it said US$80 round trip extra. ...... ok, so now it's not such a good deal ....i asked him to confirm that and also if they had availability for Wed night ...nothing like waiting until the last minute :)
here are some photos of the timing of the sunsets here ...
this photo was taken just as the sun hit the water .... at 5:46:23
and 5:46:42
and 5:47:15
5:48:19
and this one as it just disappeared ...at 5:48:27
amazing how fast it sets down here close to the Equator !
i have seen the same guy at the internet cafe the last couple of days, working on photos; like me :) tonight we were the last 2 to leave and we decided to have a drink and visit. Wally, nice guy from Canada. he takes photos of the local people and their lives.
but what do the people do way out there? ...it's like living in Augusta without a car! resorts are very nice and clean; but you don't get the 'flavor' of any island, if you're living inside a bubble, with all the comforts of home. this is only my opinion, of course; no doubt because i can't sit still :). if you just want, and can, totally relax and do nothing, i guess a resort is the answer.
like i said, it's a real pretty place.
i went the Spa and Gift Shop. started talking to the owner, where i'm from, what i'm doing. she said, 'well, why don't i donate a couple of massages" WoW, that was an unexpected nice surprise!
the other place, the Pool Bar, that i was supposed to go to was closed. around here they use a barbed wire fence to keep people out. and they are serious about their barbed wire fences! they string 5 lines of wire, about 10" apart and there's no 'sliding through' ! someone else will have to approach the Pool Bar for a donation.
back at RMP, Grazzia asked me if i've ever used 'Publisher'. i think that is the name of it, ...a computer program used to publish things. i said 'no, i never have". she said, 'no problem, it's easy'. yea .... last month RMP had a Lionfish Cook-Off. she needed me to make the 'Award Certificates' for the winners. she got the main document set up and then i tried to put the text in. grrrrrrrr ! so frustrating! so i spent the next couple of hours working on that. had i known what i was doing, i could have been done in 20min. at 2pm, i needed to go to a store to pick up a pie. on Fri nights there is a girl selling Coconut Cream Pies. they are the best i've ever had. by the time i got there last Fri, she had sold out. i pouted. she offered to make me a small pie. so i needed to pick it up. gasp! it was a full size pie. ...and i'm leaving in 2 days, ...no way. she agreed to sell me half a pie, thankfully. this pie weighed 5 pounds, so i'm working on it ... breakfast, lunch, dinner.
then back to RMP to try to finish up the document. i worked for a while longer, then called it a day. i got home in time to shower, change, and get back down to The Sundowner. a full work day ... and no snorkeling.
i finally decided, yes, i really should leave on Wed, and sent my email to Mike at Plantation. he had said in a previous email that they could pick me up from LaCeiba and take me to the island; ... i thought he meant that it was included .... i checked the web site ... it said US$80 round trip extra. ...... ok, so now it's not such a good deal ....i asked him to confirm that and also if they had availability for Wed night ...nothing like waiting until the last minute :)
here are some photos of the timing of the sunsets here ...
this photo was taken just as the sun hit the water .... at 5:46:23
and 5:46:42
and 5:47:15
5:48:19
and this one as it just disappeared ...at 5:48:27
amazing how fast it sets down here close to the Equator !
i have seen the same guy at the internet cafe the last couple of days, working on photos; like me :) tonight we were the last 2 to leave and we decided to have a drink and visit. Wally, nice guy from Canada. he takes photos of the local people and their lives.
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