Nature Friends

We've made lots of animal friends here on the island. The animals make us happy. 

These donkeys and goats live happily together in this spot between the grocery and our resort. 

They are kept in by the cactus fence, but lots of other goats and donkeys just roam about the land feely:

Adam got too close to these dudes for my comfort. I'm probably way too cautious, but the hospital here is tiny (60 beds. But they do have a hyperbaric chamber because of all the diving), and I have no idea how lifting out by air would work, or how long it would take to arrange transfer to a more equipped facility. I digress...back to the animals!

This cutie kept landing on my hammock one afternoon while I was out reading a book about the lives of strippers (free vacation reading, indulge me here!). There's also tons of hummingbirds and some butterflies. The next birds live at the eating place we tend to watch the sun set from more days than not, and where we spent our anniversary evening- Captain Don's. 

They don't really speak, but they squawk a lot. 

We also met this big guy at Captain Don's Habitat:

We didn't bother him much. He had some very pretty pals swimming below his coral perch:

Here's our view from our sunset spot:

There are also an abundance of small lizards of various sizes and colors. Here's one that was just now hanging out with me on our porch....

I don't like the ants or Mosquitos. They bite, so they don't get a blog feature. 

We do have a very special sweet girl we met down by the pool one night. 

She loves cuddles and detests almond milk. 

When we go inside, she sits outside our door and mewls for more attention. 

She's the favorite. 

Here's our favorite sign, on the grocer's door:

"Please put on your clothes before entering"

Guess there's a little bit of animal inside us all. 

Oh, and this guy is my favorite:

Bon Bini!

L. 

Time Outside

Swimming always makes me hungry. Good thing we stocked the kitchen a bit. The tiny fridge is the cutest:

The grocery store within walking distance is called Zhung Kong. It's very expensive. Eggs, bread, and beer are priced cheaply; meats, liquor, and fresh veg are much more than we're used to. 

So, back to swimming...

After we have pool time, there's a bit of work to be done:

This is where the lounging and swimming happen:

This entrance is at the back of our place. 

It takes you down the hall....

And into...

Which is beside...

The pool! We've spent a bunch of time in there. Haven't even been in the ocean yet. The pool is saltwater. The hot tubs are not. They aren't hot either. Which is reasonable...

Before you can switch from the pool to the jacuzzi, you have to rinse off so you don't mess up the sweetwater with the saltwater:

This shower is made from an old telephone pole somebody knocked down with their car. 

It's warmer than I'd expected. 

Next to the shower is my favorite, favorite part!

The library!! You can nap there. It's amazing. The print on the table decor says "EASY LIFE". 

I have to agree. 

Again, note the Ikea design. The owners, Anno and Sebastian, are from Holland. ;)

The books are in Dutch, English, or Spanish. All the magazines are Dutch, but I've enjoyed the pictures.

Today is our actual anniversary day. 

We will go out for dinner tonight at Captain Don's, which is just walking distance down the road. 

Pics from there, and more later!

All love,

L. 

At Home

This is one side of our porch. 

From there we can view the common courtyard:

It's breezy today, as I think it is most days. 

Our sitting area that you approach from the courtyard. It's at the front of the bungalow, around the corner from the table side of the porch. It faces our entrance:

The little window on the right is at the shower. 

A few more steps over on the porch is the hammock:

I haven't slept there yet, but I have slept here:

The red glow from the lamp shades has proven quite unflattering to my overall appearance. 

Left of the bed is inside seating:

You can spy the hammock outside the French doors!

Across from the seating is a wonderful piece. I'm sure this one isn't Ikea. ;)

Gorgeous! I wish the detail would show better. 

We went to the little grocery today, so we could use the kitchen!

The kitchen shelves and mosquito netting make me happy: 

As does the framed picture of rocks, and the bamboo around the bathroom door:

There is a library at the pool, which is saltwater. The man here refers to "freshwater" as "sweetwater". 

I'll venture out, and show those next time. The wifi has been down since morning. Will be interesting to find when "next time" is. Gotta love the islands! ;)

I feel quite at home. 

All love,

L.

Almost there

I am on a Fokker 50, flying not so high above the sea.

In less than a half hour, we'll be in Curaçao, then it's one more time through an airport...one more time boarding a plane, and on to Bonaire. 

We've been flying all day, and Adam's luggage didn't arrive to Aruba with mine. 

We see on InselAir's in-flight magazine that there is a "Bonaire Bravas" named Kip-Tukkie. It is smoked chicken served from a rusted out Jeep. They have a Facebook.  Look it up.