The busy dive shop at our place. Mrs. BD wanted to dive, but didn't really have time to get re-certified. Best to do that at home before a dive trip. However, the snorkeling was excellent, and Mrs. can do a 20' surface dive easily. I can't. I can do 10', no problem, but I prefer to just float around and observe.
The weather is here. Wish you were nice.
More pics, etc, below the fold - including a pic our our suite's cool bathroom!
Condiments. Also, homemade chutneys. Banana ketchup is for grilled meats, esp. grilled chicken.
That's a Vanilla Vine hanging from a wall in an old sugar mill building.
Not a swimming pool. This stone-lined pool, 20' deep, was dug by slaves as a reservoir to drive a sugar mill. After emancipation in 1835, indentured servants from India were imported to do the work. Hence the good Indian influence on the cuisine of what the European explorers thought were the West Indies.
A jungle trail
The main drag through our resort. As I said, no TV, no cell service, no Wifi, no phones, no A/C, no pool. That's why it's expensive, relatively-speaking. Not mass-market.
View from our suite's porch
Water taxi.
View from the cliffside reception area. This is not a place for bad knees or weak legs. Live music there at night. No limbo rock, no steel drums, I am happy to report. Some fine reggae and Motown, though, and some Tango. No glass windows in the entire place.
A cool walk-in shower in our suite in foreground, just like an outdoor shower. Great. All of the indoor lights are yellow to deter bugs, but we only got mosquito-bit once. I took more pics of our bathroom because it is so much more elegant than our own. I wouldn't mind one like this, but I think His and Her's bathrooms are the best.
Our terrace. Hardly ever there, though. Bats flew through at night. No problem for me. I dig bats.
Bedroom in our place. Very pleasant. Mosquito netting not really needed in Feb.
Geology: A combination of coral limestone, rough limestone conglomerate as in this pic, and volcanic.
A hillside farm seen on a hike. Pineapple, Sweet Potato, Onions and Chives, Banana, Lemon, Avocado, Beans, cabbage, Papaya, Mango, Tomato, and herbs.
View from a mountain hike. Not a bad snapshot.
