Sun, 6 Mar.
...and i can add to yesterday's post, that about 3am this morning, i was rudely awaken by the neighbors next door. i don't think the Spanish language has a volume control ! she woke me up, out of a sound sleep. they were sitting outside on the step ... right next to each other. why did she have to be talking so loud. i got up, turned on the light, opened the door, and asked them to please be quiet. ...and put in my ear plugs and went back to bed. ... i could still hear her!
i woke up and got ready to go to RMP by 9am for the beach clean up; the same beach where i was with the Minn group. i met Heather, who i will be working with this next week, and her group of 14 students from college in NCarolina; here for a week. they made PB&J sandwiches for lunch and we left in taxi's for Anthony's Key Resort.
it's a Dive Resort, with a Museum and a Dolphin Show, and a Marine Science status; and is listed as being 'eco friendly'.
a beautiful place with really nice people. i learned later that 'Anthony' is the Major; and he destroyed plenty of the reef building his resort :) ....no surprises there. but he has provided lots of employment for people on the island. walking in the area, the security guard pointed out this very large iguana.
we attended the Dolphin Show ... and i couldn't help thinking about The Cove, you can rent it on DVD. an interesting documentary about the fate of Dolphins in a cove in Japan where they select and ship dolphins to 'Dolphin Parks' around the world. i recommend watching this with a box of kleenex and a disclaimer .... but it's important that people know about it.
anyway .... it was a nice little show, but as i said, i watched with mixed emotions.
from there we went to the Museum, actually quite nice, and i could spend a lot more time in there. ate our PB&J sandwiches and walked to Sandy Bay Beach for cleanup. we worked for about an hour and it looked pretty good when we left. the same little boys and some of their friends were there to help again. but got a LOT more attention from the 'girls' in our group. they even got GLOVES today and a free lunch. note the sandwiches and gloves !
this is Wendal.
got back to RMP and some of the group went snorkeling. i didn't have my suit nor gear and it was too far to walk back home to get it. so i spent the next hour or so using the internet at RMP. i sent the photos to the group of kids i snorkeled with from Honduras mainland. i got an immediate email back, thanking me. with this comment: 'my dad saids hi hehe, he thinks it´s a really nice details you did with us', she invited me to come to their home and gave me her cell phone number ..... that made me feel good.
i walked home around 5:30, in time to catch the sunset.
notice the 'heart' in the sand again .......... awwwwwwwwww .
couldn't wait to take a shower. i felt really hot, sweaty, and dirty. there wasn't any breeze today. then i laid down for awhile until dinner time. i could have just stayed in my room, but ventured out. walked past Ronnie's Barefoot Bar next door and down the street into town. 2 places i thought i might eat were closed on Sundays ... so i ended up back at Ronnie's for BBQ chicken for 100L ...and live music ... i'm there now, and it's reggae so far. last week it was something else undesirable until 10pm. we'll see how tonight goes.
and ... a nice surprise. there were 2 women visiting in front of me talking. they got up to dance, and asked me if i wanted to join them. sure says i. we talked the rest of the evening. these are women more my age. both have lived in Michigan at some point in their lives. they have been coming to Roatan for years. Chris was leaving in the morning; but Marti will be here for awhile yet. we exchanged emails, and i agreed to meet Marti tomorrow for Happy Hour at The Sundowner. .... a friend ????????? !!!!!!!
the NCarolina group is meeting me in front of my place at 7:30 tomorrow morning. we are going to walk the beach down to West Bay (cruise ship haven), collecting trash as we go. not sure how this is going to work, but we'll see. once we get there, we'll snorkel on the reef there. should be fun and an opportunity for me to take more photos of snorkelers.
a beautiful place with really nice people. i learned later that 'Anthony' is the Major; and he destroyed plenty of the reef building his resort :) ....no surprises there. but he has provided lots of employment for people on the island. walking in the area, the security guard pointed out this very large iguana.
we attended the Dolphin Show ... and i couldn't help thinking about The Cove, you can rent it on DVD. an interesting documentary about the fate of Dolphins in a cove in Japan where they select and ship dolphins to 'Dolphin Parks' around the world. i recommend watching this with a box of kleenex and a disclaimer .... but it's important that people know about it.
anyway .... it was a nice little show, but as i said, i watched with mixed emotions.
from there we went to the Museum, actually quite nice, and i could spend a lot more time in there. ate our PB&J sandwiches and walked to Sandy Bay Beach for cleanup. we worked for about an hour and it looked pretty good when we left. the same little boys and some of their friends were there to help again. but got a LOT more attention from the 'girls' in our group. they even got GLOVES today and a free lunch. note the sandwiches and gloves !
this is Wendal.
got back to RMP and some of the group went snorkeling. i didn't have my suit nor gear and it was too far to walk back home to get it. so i spent the next hour or so using the internet at RMP. i sent the photos to the group of kids i snorkeled with from Honduras mainland. i got an immediate email back, thanking me. with this comment: 'my dad saids hi hehe, he thinks it´s a really nice details you did with us', she invited me to come to their home and gave me her cell phone number ..... that made me feel good.
i walked home around 5:30, in time to catch the sunset.
notice the 'heart' in the sand again .......... awwwwwwwwww .
couldn't wait to take a shower. i felt really hot, sweaty, and dirty. there wasn't any breeze today. then i laid down for awhile until dinner time. i could have just stayed in my room, but ventured out. walked past Ronnie's Barefoot Bar next door and down the street into town. 2 places i thought i might eat were closed on Sundays ... so i ended up back at Ronnie's for BBQ chicken for 100L ...and live music ... i'm there now, and it's reggae so far. last week it was something else undesirable until 10pm. we'll see how tonight goes.
and ... a nice surprise. there were 2 women visiting in front of me talking. they got up to dance, and asked me if i wanted to join them. sure says i. we talked the rest of the evening. these are women more my age. both have lived in Michigan at some point in their lives. they have been coming to Roatan for years. Chris was leaving in the morning; but Marti will be here for awhile yet. we exchanged emails, and i agreed to meet Marti tomorrow for Happy Hour at The Sundowner. .... a friend ????????? !!!!!!!
the NCarolina group is meeting me in front of my place at 7:30 tomorrow morning. we are going to walk the beach down to West Bay (cruise ship haven), collecting trash as we go. not sure how this is going to work, but we'll see. once we get there, we'll snorkel on the reef there. should be fun and an opportunity for me to take more photos of snorkelers.
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