Wed, 9 Mar.
up at 6am again .... i'm not liking this early morning duty so many days in a row! we're at the 'job site' by 7:15am and a guy was there preparing the fish; and put it in a pot with lime juice, garlic and seasoning, ymmmmmmmm ... something to look forward to !
there were 2 cruise ships in today. they only have one dock at this port. this one was a huge monster!
so the other ship has to stay out and ferry people in.
there is another port where 3 more ships can dock .....
this is inside the 'bamboo hut', which will someday be a marketplace for the women of the village to sell their crafts to the cruise ship people. you can see that the back half already has a concrete floor. hopefully the other half will too by the time we leave .... sounds unlikely, but we'll see.
to that end .... the good news today is, ...no more beach clean-up duty ... yeahhhhhhhhh! ....... we have cement to make. Tony showed the girls how to mix cement... the manual way ! first you thoroughly mix 3 buckets of sand with 1 bucket of cement mix.
then, you make a 'volcano' and pour water into the hole. then mix until you have something like the consistency of peanut butter.
Tony has a big heart and has rescued 2 orange kittens: Princess and Tiger. Princess is real shy, Tiger, i met the first day i was there, very affectionate once he trusts you. he showed up today and visited me.
the rest of the jobs continued as before, and we switched off, changing positions every hour or so. we worked until around 11:30 when Veronica opened her kitchen for 3 of us, and we started frying fish. they were Red Snapper (don't tell BICA!) and ranged in size from 11-16" .... we cooked them island style: dusted with flour and then deep fried! they were AWESOME ! we all left at 2pm, ... the kids had the afternoon free. some did a Zip Line, a couple went horseback riding, a few to the beach. tomorrow is another 'free' afternoon and 3 of us will go diving :)
i went home, cleaned up and went to the internet cafe. for some reason, i could not get connected, grrrrrrrrrrrr :( at 7pm, i went to a little Catholic Church service and got my 'ashes' for Ash Wednesday. i had told the group about the service and 6 of them joined me there. it was a very nice service: outdoors, a few bench seats, an alter, and a large cross with small lights outlining it ... all set in the middle of large stands of bamboo. it was very peaceful. this photo is from during the day.
after the servce, i went to Creole Rotisserie Chicken, a place that i've been wanting to go to, famous for it's chicken ... i was still full from the fish lunch, but needed to use the internet, so i ordered chocolate brownie w/ice cream :) i was entertained by more Leaf-Cutter Ants working away, passing 1 foot from my table. oh, they also have 3 very affectionate cats. the lady said i am welcome to come by anytime and 'love on them'. i told her i definitely would!
so the other ship has to stay out and ferry people in.
there is another port where 3 more ships can dock .....
this is inside the 'bamboo hut', which will someday be a marketplace for the women of the village to sell their crafts to the cruise ship people. you can see that the back half already has a concrete floor. hopefully the other half will too by the time we leave .... sounds unlikely, but we'll see.
to that end .... the good news today is, ...no more beach clean-up duty ... yeahhhhhhhhh! ....... we have cement to make. Tony showed the girls how to mix cement... the manual way ! first you thoroughly mix 3 buckets of sand with 1 bucket of cement mix.
then, you make a 'volcano' and pour water into the hole. then mix until you have something like the consistency of peanut butter.
Tony has a big heart and has rescued 2 orange kittens: Princess and Tiger. Princess is real shy, Tiger, i met the first day i was there, very affectionate once he trusts you. he showed up today and visited me.
the rest of the jobs continued as before, and we switched off, changing positions every hour or so. we worked until around 11:30 when Veronica opened her kitchen for 3 of us, and we started frying fish. they were Red Snapper (don't tell BICA!) and ranged in size from 11-16" .... we cooked them island style: dusted with flour and then deep fried! they were AWESOME ! we all left at 2pm, ... the kids had the afternoon free. some did a Zip Line, a couple went horseback riding, a few to the beach. tomorrow is another 'free' afternoon and 3 of us will go diving :)
i went home, cleaned up and went to the internet cafe. for some reason, i could not get connected, grrrrrrrrrrrr :( at 7pm, i went to a little Catholic Church service and got my 'ashes' for Ash Wednesday. i had told the group about the service and 6 of them joined me there. it was a very nice service: outdoors, a few bench seats, an alter, and a large cross with small lights outlining it ... all set in the middle of large stands of bamboo. it was very peaceful. this photo is from during the day.
after the servce, i went to Creole Rotisserie Chicken, a place that i've been wanting to go to, famous for it's chicken ... i was still full from the fish lunch, but needed to use the internet, so i ordered chocolate brownie w/ice cream :) i was entertained by more Leaf-Cutter Ants working away, passing 1 foot from my table. oh, they also have 3 very affectionate cats. the lady said i am welcome to come by anytime and 'love on them'. i told her i definitely would!
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