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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

A quiet day except for the Iguana!

We had a lazy day today.  A cup of instant coffee, cereal and fruit on the upstairs deck and then a relax in the downstairs Palapa.  Eric on the lap top and me reading.  There was some very loud  rustling in the palm tree next to the building behind us where we are staying. 

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Fan palms that are taller than the building.

All of a sudden there was a giant thud and this guy landed right under the the right hand palm tree.

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He crawled up onto the tile and sat there looking stunned.  Ruben the park operator couldn’t believe it either.  He seemed to be okay and eventually crawled over to the pump house and out towards the lagoon.  P1050625

Heading out of town!

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A bit later he was at the edge of the lagoon and we could hear the turtles leaving the small island.

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He seems okay and the next thing I knew he had swum out to the the island.

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He was now in the top of the bush….not so far to fall this time! 

The lagoon is full of turtles, fish, birds of all kinds and is quite interesting to look at.

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Ruben’s daughter had her binoculars and was doing some bird and turtle watching as well.

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A future ornithologist maybe?

We did wander the beach this afternoon but the swell was huge and not suitable for swimming.  Maybe tomorrow.

While we had happy hour we could see a Mexican splitting palm fronds to cover the new " bus stop?” just up the street.  Very proficient at what they do.  While he was busy his two little boys were throwing rocks in the lagoon.  Tomorrow maybe I’ll get a picture of them putting the roof on.

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The new structure waiting for fronds. 

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Splitting the green fronds down the middle.

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Watching, working and talking. 

After happy hour it was time to head into town for dinner.  We wandered around looking here and there and ended up at the Taco stand that we’d eaten at on Sunday night.  After we were eating we realized that the other side of this restaurant was serving Pizza.  Looked good….next time.  Eric was really hungry as we didn’t go out for a big breakfast and he’d only had cereal and fruit today. 

As we were finishing up dinner in came Nick and Rose and their grand children for Pizza. 

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It’s a small town and if you go out for dinner you will bump into people you know.  Some restaurants seem to be open for groups that must prebook for dinner as they are full when you walk by and aren’t there during the daytime. 

A quick stop for some antihistamines for Eric’s swelling bug bites and ice cream at the Farmacia.  A few groceries and home to bed. 

Tomorrow maybe we won’t be so lazy and we’ll get on the bike and go somewhere.

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