Second 5 week update from Punta Gruesa
We had an amazing ABC (“Anything But Clothes”) party with the last 5 weekers. It is great to report that EVERYONE dressed up! Some people were a little too creative ;) I think we will all remember Joey, Colin and Justin’s outfits or the lack of. The ladies were not behind in their creativity, Lori and VC found an amazing way of using duct tape as fabric.
So the 5 weekers are gone (sadly! And we miss you lots!) and new 5 weekers are enjoying Punta Gruesa now. They arrived on very hot day just in time to stop the 10 weekers from eating each other (it was a late lunch - they arrived at 3pm!!!). The new 5 weekers seem to have adjusted to life in paradise very well. Most people are filling up the bathroom water buckets and not throwing toilet paper in the toilets. Congrats to Emma as well, who recently received her Open Water certification.
It is great to report that the compressor has been running smoothly, it was the boats turn to have some “issues”, all resolved now.
Oh! Maura has not lost her water bottle lately (see the correlation of Maura not losing her bottle and Morgan and Debbie being gone?), however Dog tried to take it.
In regards to cool sightings, Yi, Natalie, Liz, Ro, Chris and many other staff and EM saw Dolphins and actually swam with them!!! Nurse sharks have also been seen around the reef. Rachel, Laura, Luli, Hannah and Maura had a really fun dive during the start of week 7 (I know already week 7). They spotted a lionfish but unfortunately the lionfish was a bit fast and they couldn’t catch it. We are also well underway with our monitoring and getting through the sites very quickly
We are happy to report that a couple from Denmark are now at PG (Julie and Michael) and they happen to be salsa instructors. They have already shared their talent by giving us 2 salsa lessons, they are just wonderful.
There is a rumor that we have a new “best kitchen group”. Group number 4 finally redeemed themselves from the uncooked but burnt beans and soupy rice with an amazing vegetarian paella.
Many many many thanks to Jo who donated a wonderful stereo for the base. I believe some people were almost in tears from excitement and I don’t think it’s stopped playing since we got it! The first party night with the stereo was a total success. It is something else seeing Rafa (and his hair!) dancing. Rob also did a bit of break dancing.
A group of 12 EMs headed to Xcalak this past Saturday (8/8/09) to go diving. Everyone was up at 6am! on our day off! We did 2 dives one in Chimenea and one in La Poza. In Chimenea we saw a turtle, big barracudas, tons of corals but just the site itself was fantastic. And in order to dive in La Poza we had to swim under the breakers because the boats cannot go over it. Then we saw about 100 tarpon fish! Having 6 to 7 feet tarpon swimming all around you and being carried by the current… a memory hard to erase.
We also had a boat ride through the mangroves and we did NOT (and I say did not) enter Belize illegally not even for 2 minutes. On our way back to Mahahual everyone took a well deserve nap.
So the 5 weekers are gone (sadly! And we miss you lots!) and new 5 weekers are enjoying Punta Gruesa now. They arrived on very hot day just in time to stop the 10 weekers from eating each other (it was a late lunch - they arrived at 3pm!!!). The new 5 weekers seem to have adjusted to life in paradise very well. Most people are filling up the bathroom water buckets and not throwing toilet paper in the toilets. Congrats to Emma as well, who recently received her Open Water certification.
It is great to report that the compressor has been running smoothly, it was the boats turn to have some “issues”, all resolved now.
Oh! Maura has not lost her water bottle lately (see the correlation of Maura not losing her bottle and Morgan and Debbie being gone?), however Dog tried to take it.
In regards to cool sightings, Yi, Natalie, Liz, Ro, Chris and many other staff and EM saw Dolphins and actually swam with them!!! Nurse sharks have also been seen around the reef. Rachel, Laura, Luli, Hannah and Maura had a really fun dive during the start of week 7 (I know already week 7). They spotted a lionfish but unfortunately the lionfish was a bit fast and they couldn’t catch it. We are also well underway with our monitoring and getting through the sites very quicklyWe are happy to report that a couple from Denmark are now at PG (Julie and Michael) and they happen to be salsa instructors. They have already shared their talent by giving us 2 salsa lessons, they are just wonderful.
There is a rumor that we have a new “best kitchen group”. Group number 4 finally redeemed themselves from the uncooked but burnt beans and soupy rice with an amazing vegetarian paella.
Many many many thanks to Jo who donated a wonderful stereo for the base. I believe some people were almost in tears from excitement and I don’t think it’s stopped playing since we got it! The first party night with the stereo was a total success. It is something else seeing Rafa (and his hair!) dancing. Rob also did a bit of break dancing.
A group of 12 EMs headed to Xcalak this past Saturday (8/8/09) to go diving. Everyone was up at 6am! on our day off! We did 2 dives one in Chimenea and one in La Poza. In Chimenea we saw a turtle, big barracudas, tons of corals but just the site itself was fantastic. And in order to dive in La Poza we had to swim under the breakers because the boats cannot go over it. Then we saw about 100 tarpon fish! Having 6 to 7 feet tarpon swimming all around you and being carried by the current… a memory hard to erase.We also had a boat ride through the mangroves and we did NOT (and I say did not) enter Belize illegally not even for 2 minutes. On our way back to Mahahual everyone took a well deserve nap.
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Salsa is a slot or a spot dance. In Salsa a couple does not travel over the dance floor much. They occupy a fixed area on the dance floor. In some cases people do the Salsa in solo mode also. There is a great website that does great salsa dancing in both solo and couple mode.
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