Sat, 3 Mar ...
in the morning i took a walk up the hill from town. it's quite different up there from down on the main street. here is a small residential 'road'
it's nice and quiet !
and some nice homes
i found a orchid on a tree trunk that had been cut down and discarded. i brought it back to put in the garden next to my hotel, coz they don't have any orchids there. this garden is between my hotel and where i work. it's really overgrown and they haven't maintained it in a long time. i was thinking about asking if i could take on the project. but it would be a huge project and i hadn't decided if i wanted to tackle it or not .... but, no worries ... this morning i heard the sound of someone raking outside my window , .... it had to be in the garden. ...i went out to investigate, and yes, there were 4 guys in there, very busy cleaning up .... again, i thought i should volunteer to help prune some of the bushes ... but again, i waited too long. i went to work, and at lunch when i came out .... OMG, ... they had hacked and sawed and annihilated it ... i was horrified at what i saw ....
you could hardly see the gazebo before they cut all the trees and bushes down ....
but i have to remember that this is the tropics and it will grow back quickly .... it just looks so sad and naked now :( i'm glad i hadn't gotten around to putting my orchid on a tree limb ... coz that tree limb is no longer there :( ... i'll have to find somewhere else to put it....
i had to take another picture of Shark Bait ... he is so comfortable here
i was in the Dive Shop and Dive Master Greg asked me if i wanted to go on the Dive Boat in the morning. he said a lot of people were going and there was room if i wanted to go. i said i'd love to, so he put my name on the board ... i'm going diving tomorrow .. yipee !
the Barefoot Band is playing tonight at Coco's ... but i heard from one of the band members that they probably wouldn't get started until around 10:30pm .... so i decided to eat and then come back and take a nap and then get up and go listen to them.
i went to Skid Row for pizza and sat at the bar with Debbie, one of the Dive Masters from EcoMarine Dive Center that i did my 'refresher course' with last year. it was nice to have someone to talk with while i was eating my pizza. then i came back to my room, set my alarm and laid down. i guess i turned the alarm off and didn't wake up until almost 11pm. i jumped up and walked down to the bar, a little late, but they would still be playing .... well, i was wrong. i walked in, and the place was packed, but the band was not playing .., they had just quit for the night :( ...the owner wanted them to start earlier, and so they did and i missed them. i decided to get a rum and coke and then go home.
i was standing at the bar waiting to get served; when a guy gives me a big hug and asks me 'are you following me again ?' ... OMG, it was Kyle! ...the guy i met 2 yrs ago at Madi's, and saw again at Madi's this year; and then again in Guatemala on the street in San Pedro ... and now we were meeting again in Utila! .... i actually thought i saw him a few days ago, but 'knew' that he was supposed to be in Nicaragua in Spanish School. ....well, he had met a group of kids and they were having so much fun together that they all changed whatever arrangements they had made; ...and decided to just travel together. he came to Utila with that group and got scuba certified and was leaving the next day. ...small world!!!!!! ...how great it is to be young and flexible enough to just change plans and go ... makes me wish i would have done something like this when i was in my 20s .... :(
i wasn't really tired when i got home, so i spent time looking at You Tube videos of how to assemble my scuba equipment since it's been a year since i have done it ... and i never really got the process cemented in my head last year. usually when you go diving, the Dive Shop prepares all your equipment for you ... you show up, they put it on you, check everything, and help you into the water. but here on Utila, it's a 'Dive School' Island; so they teach you how to do everything and it's up to you to take care of yourself. ...which is ok, if you've just completed a diving course .. but if you haven't assembled your equipment since last year ... it's a bit intimidating ! ...and i was nervous .... by the time i finished, it was late, i felt prepared, and i was tired.
it's nice and quiet !
and some nice homes
i found a orchid on a tree trunk that had been cut down and discarded. i brought it back to put in the garden next to my hotel, coz they don't have any orchids there. this garden is between my hotel and where i work. it's really overgrown and they haven't maintained it in a long time. i was thinking about asking if i could take on the project. but it would be a huge project and i hadn't decided if i wanted to tackle it or not .... but, no worries ... this morning i heard the sound of someone raking outside my window , .... it had to be in the garden. ...i went out to investigate, and yes, there were 4 guys in there, very busy cleaning up .... again, i thought i should volunteer to help prune some of the bushes ... but again, i waited too long. i went to work, and at lunch when i came out .... OMG, ... they had hacked and sawed and annihilated it ... i was horrified at what i saw ....
you could hardly see the gazebo before they cut all the trees and bushes down ....
but i have to remember that this is the tropics and it will grow back quickly .... it just looks so sad and naked now :( i'm glad i hadn't gotten around to putting my orchid on a tree limb ... coz that tree limb is no longer there :( ... i'll have to find somewhere else to put it....
i had to take another picture of Shark Bait ... he is so comfortable here
i was in the Dive Shop and Dive Master Greg asked me if i wanted to go on the Dive Boat in the morning. he said a lot of people were going and there was room if i wanted to go. i said i'd love to, so he put my name on the board ... i'm going diving tomorrow .. yipee !
the Barefoot Band is playing tonight at Coco's ... but i heard from one of the band members that they probably wouldn't get started until around 10:30pm .... so i decided to eat and then come back and take a nap and then get up and go listen to them.
i went to Skid Row for pizza and sat at the bar with Debbie, one of the Dive Masters from EcoMarine Dive Center that i did my 'refresher course' with last year. it was nice to have someone to talk with while i was eating my pizza. then i came back to my room, set my alarm and laid down. i guess i turned the alarm off and didn't wake up until almost 11pm. i jumped up and walked down to the bar, a little late, but they would still be playing .... well, i was wrong. i walked in, and the place was packed, but the band was not playing .., they had just quit for the night :( ...the owner wanted them to start earlier, and so they did and i missed them. i decided to get a rum and coke and then go home.
i was standing at the bar waiting to get served; when a guy gives me a big hug and asks me 'are you following me again ?' ... OMG, it was Kyle! ...the guy i met 2 yrs ago at Madi's, and saw again at Madi's this year; and then again in Guatemala on the street in San Pedro ... and now we were meeting again in Utila! .... i actually thought i saw him a few days ago, but 'knew' that he was supposed to be in Nicaragua in Spanish School. ....well, he had met a group of kids and they were having so much fun together that they all changed whatever arrangements they had made; ...and decided to just travel together. he came to Utila with that group and got scuba certified and was leaving the next day. ...small world!!!!!! ...how great it is to be young and flexible enough to just change plans and go ... makes me wish i would have done something like this when i was in my 20s .... :(
i wasn't really tired when i got home, so i spent time looking at You Tube videos of how to assemble my scuba equipment since it's been a year since i have done it ... and i never really got the process cemented in my head last year. usually when you go diving, the Dive Shop prepares all your equipment for you ... you show up, they put it on you, check everything, and help you into the water. but here on Utila, it's a 'Dive School' Island; so they teach you how to do everything and it's up to you to take care of yourself. ...which is ok, if you've just completed a diving course .. but if you haven't assembled your equipment since last year ... it's a bit intimidating ! ...and i was nervous .... by the time i finished, it was late, i felt prepared, and i was tired.
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