My brain contains a rather odd collection of moments, most of them I truly relish.

I’ll share some with you, take a moment out and enjoy!

I woke up and stepped out to this view. The colors of the water are so vivid they are beyond the capabilities of my camera. Birds are stirring and hopping among the palms as the morning breeze begins to pick up, the smell of tropical oceans gently waking me up to another exciting day in paradise.  Sheree is rustling about and steps out onto the balcony to join the early morning splendor.

My brain starts playing one of my favorite songs…  Lucky, by Jason Mraz…

So we step out onto the beach. The waves have left a clean flat spot of wet sand for us to leave our mark. The footprints won’t last long, but they were there. However briefly in island time, it’s proof that we were here!

So now the discussion begins… is it a head or a coconut? What if it’s a real head, maybe crabs ate the face off and were having… steak for dinner tonight. How long has the head been here? If we report this and it’s just a coconut we may not be allow to order any more mixed drinks… It’s probably a coconut. Yep, just a coconut.

So lunch time rolls around and we find this non-tourist restaurant off on a side street. This is the kind of place I’m after. It’s going to be a place where I can practice my limited Spanish. My proficiency is gauged on what we actually ate for lunch -vs- what I thought I was ordering.

I did manage to discover that I had made a grievous error when I ate some of the ‘mild’ sauce I ordered. It was either that or our definition of mild is a bit different than the locals. In any event I suspect there were some folks in the kitchen laughing wildly as the Gringo ingested the ‘mild’ sauce…

Oh well, my contribution to world peace…

After eating the ‘mild’ sauce I could simply turn around and pray for redemption…

So we headed down the coastline and found this wonderful place. It’s a very nice and affordable hotel on the beach. We walked around and enjoyed the view. We were compelled to sit and enjoy a couple of adult beverages as island time slipped past.

Cool and refreshing…   now, back to the beach.

Island time, yeah  ~just lay back and relax~

I’ll upload some more photos as soon as I can get my brain back into civilization mode. It’s not an easy thing ya know…