A Quiet Sunday

Early morning view

Sunday April 27, 2014

Quite warm and humid here, but we had a great breeze all night.  It was light by 5:30.  Roosters were crowing most of the night.  At one point I checked my watch and it was only 3am.  Silly birds.

Darling local resident

Wandered along main street this am, checking out the shoreline, birds, doggies, plants and blue crabs.  The sun was already way up in the sky but it was pretty hazy.  No breeze this morning but much cooler.  The hotel proprietor put a light breakfast in our fridges last night so we had a nice breakfast of juice, water melon, cantaloupe and fresh made pumpkin bread.  It was very nice!

The flowers are gorgeous!

Sit back, relax and float down the river.

The bromeliads in the tree are huge!

Woofie really enjoyed the lime ice cream!

In the warm springs: front: Adrienne, Leslie, Karen, Stacy
back: Justin, Lindsey, Kelly and Michelle.

Handsome local resident.  These crabs live in the dirt under hedgerows.  They hide quickly with any movement that may mean danger.  This photo is with the telephoto lens.  Could not get close to the little guys.

A group of us were picked up to go tubing down the Rio Grande.  It was a slow, relaxing float.  Our guide, Fleur, was constantly grabbing the stragglers (I would be one of them!) and pushing us back into the main, sloooooow, flow of the river. 

The trees are huge, many of them are decorated with bromeliads that are HUGE!!  The ones we have at home are so tiny!  We saw a few iguanas up in the trees, also giant in size!

There is a warm spring that feeds the river, so we took a short walk up to sit in the pool of warmer water. 

We enjoyed a nice lunch at a local café followed by delicious homemade ice cream! 

That hit the spot!

We returned to the hotel and chilled for the afternoon.   Time to relax, read a book, take a nap, and write a blog.  Sitting out on our veranda, enjoying the breeze.  Is there a name for them (like tradewinds??)?  They are called “very nice” suggested Lindsey.  I think she is right!

Karen and a few volunteers went to the clinic site to get set for tomorrow.  Most of us met later for a nice meal out at Ashi’s Place.  Live drum music with singing.  Leslie got to play the drums!  Back to the hotel for a team meeting then off to the shower and bed.  It is quite humid and makes it difficult to dry off after a shower!  Thank goodness we have fans to help keep us cool.  Clinics tomorrow!