28 Feb--Roatan

Mon, 28 Feb. i slept until 9am !!!!!! i slept good, never woke up once. got ready and walked to Roatan Marine Park. Grazzia was not there, but another volunteer, Alex, asked me to complete some paperwork and we talked about what i wanted to do and some of their projects. on Thurs i could help them with a Beach Cleanup. there is a group here, of junior & senior high school students from an environmental school in Minnesota. they are learning about environmental issues and diving; and will do a beach clean up. there was a LOT going on in that small office, so i was able to check my email. there was an email from Pamela back at BICA. she said the Lionfish-killing-sling was missing and we were the last ones to use it; did i know where it was? .....amazing how we're not even there and we can cause trouble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also had an email from Chris and Nicole .... they are here in Roatan!!!!!!!! they went to the mainland with Tim and went white water rafting. the got flipped out of the raft and Chris hurt his foot and was not able to do any hiking, so they took the ferry to Roatan. i am really excited that they are here!!!!!!!! i emailed them where they could find me at 5pm so we could meet. another volunteer, Jannita, showed up at the RMP, and the 3 of us went to Sandy Bay to look at the beach area where we will do the clean up. we took a minivan collectivo taxi just a few miles up the road. we walked the beach and decided we would split into 5 groups for the clean up. there are not a lot of big bottles on the beach, but a lot of small pieces of plastic, bottle caps, etc. i suggested that rakes would be helpful since the pieces were so small; and there is a lot of organic matter, that doesn't need to be removed, but put in a pile to make it look nicer when we are done. we will start early, but it will be hot. we agreed to make sure they have water, sunscreen, hats, shoes, and safety first ... you never know what you might find ! i walked around looking in stores for awhile. i found this cute Floating Bar, .... it actually goes out in the water on Tues and Fri nights. then took another swim and headed for the shower ... the hot shower. i examined the shower.... i find it a little scary that there are some electric cords going to the shower head, all sticking out with those connector-things that you splice wires together with .... this is how i get hot water .... it heats up the water as it hits the shower head ..... pretty ingenious, huh? ....and pretty scary! upon further examination, i see there is a switch on the shower head ... i turned it ... it's either down or off; ...it's much cooler now :) i went to my 5pm meeting for the Minnesota kids, and it was a good introduction meeting abut RMP for me as well. i took the opportunity to introduce myself to them and remind them about sunscreen, safety, etc. after the meeting i saw Nicole and Chris !!!!!!!!!!!! how fun to see them again. we went to for a reasonably priced meal. they were doing some sightseeing tomorrow, and i needed to meet Grazzia at 2pm; so we agreed to meet for dinner at 7pm.