Beach Pics!

I never knew what mangroves were until I moved down here- they line all the beaches!

 Below is a pic of one of the beach boats, though not the one we were in. It seems to be the thing to do to take a boat out to an island rather than camp out at the beach. Instead, you hire a boatman to take you to an island for the day.

I have to give a shout-out to Kelley and Jenny for taking some amazing ocean pics!

Here are the beach houses we stayed in- kind of like KOA's, even though this picture makes them look more sophisticated ;-) We had water, but no heat or soap to wash our hands (thank goodness us ladies brought our own!). Meals were available here, as well as dominoes and ping-pong ;-) After we tired of the dominoes, Lorena's brother brought out his guitar we took turns playing and singing together.

Here we are, disembarked after a long day at the beach.

Palm trees are everywhere, but they do stand out nicely against the blue skies at the beach, whereas in the city they tend to get lost amidst the other tropical trees and the green of the mountains beyond.

The floating displays of jewelry, lobster and drinks was quite amusing for those of us who had never seen such a thing before! These vendors would walk right over to you, since the water was shallow enough here to wade in.

Random note: Hey, if you have any questions feel free to post and I'll address them in the blog!