Significant relaxation

OK, the resort is not the most landscaped that I have been to (though the grounds are mature and beautifully kept), the buildings not the most modern (though almost everything is authentic Honduran mahagony, polished to a beautiful sheen), the room not the most elegant (though it is immaculately clean and in great repair as this resort just re-opened before Christmas after a major renovation with an inroom safe and even a mini frig), the beach not the most expansive (though even at high tide there is lots of space and one can walk extensively in either direction), the bar doesn't serve Alphonso 13 (though there are 4 local beers and lots of rum based drinks that I have never even heard of and they have some of the most unusual shell-shaped glasses), the restaurants not the most varied (though they do different theme nights, last evening we were around a pool with flowers floating and tonight we will be at the beach bar and breakfast is here under the palm trees by the other pool), the food not the most interesting or varied (though there are always some salads, a couple of protein dishes and about 2 desserts and what they do, they do very well except for beef cuts and there was a fish at lunch today that has to be one of the best pieces of fish I have ever had), the entertainment quite simple (though there are local singers with keyboards most of the time at the beach bar and last night at dinner too), but this place is great for relaxation, which is just what Joan and I were looking for.

The wifi works fairly well, managed to skype and show K the palms, coconuts and me sticking my feet into the pool.  The tour we took today to a glass bottom boat, butterflies and birds, iguanas was great and we saw about half of the island. Some people are running to a different place every day, but we have spent most of the time here, except for the tour and a water taxi trip up to West End yesterday.

And I have been reading -- good recommendation for a book, Ian, and doing sudoku puzzles -- even have Joan trying some of them.  One dishcloth has been knitted and as for the rest of the time, it has been just relaxing and this week, that is the aim.

Talking to our tourguide this morning we learned a bit more about Honduras -- he readily puts the local problems of lack of education (only schools for about a third of the kids on this island!) planning and infrastructure (no island-wide purified water, poor roads), and poor medical facilities at the feet of a very corrupt government -- and we saw the elegant mansions to prove it.  We can be thankful to live in Canada -- and just vacation here.