0630 - Landed in Raro. Waited 45 minutes for shuttle- man on our shuttle lost baggage worth 20K (carry on for us!). Drove around island to Bill and Carolyn's resort. Bill and Carolyn greeted us with eggs scrambled with Gouda, fried potatoes, fresh mango/papaya/passion fruit.....yum! Girls walked beach...Kayaked out to island..snorkeled for hours...saw sea anemones, sea slugs, sting ray, flounder...Boys gathered mangoes, coconuts, papaya from the resort trees......ate Fish and Chips on beach...Finished the night with pineapple juice and rum by the pool......asleep....LONG DAY!
Things can be expensive here but they can be cheap if you know how to work it. There is amazing fruit that grows basically wild all around us. Bananas, mangoes, passion fruit, coconut (but those are a pain to open) papaya....to name a few. You just walk out to the trees, decide what you want to eat, and pick it.
Seafood is also relatively inexpensive. Trish and I decided that we can live on fresh fruit and seafood NO PROBLEM :)
Had lunch at outdoor gardens...tried rose apple...cashew fruit...
Dean got Raro license and motorcycle! (yes..helmets for us..safety first)
Ran Raro Hash...from mountain to beach...no beer checks...ugh
Checked in to Makayla Palms
Got groundskeeper to cut open coconut...ate meat and drank the milk..
Things can be expensive here but they can be cheap if you know how to work it. There is amazing fruit that grows basically wild all around us. Bananas, mangoes, passion fruit, coconut (but those are a pain to open) papaya....to name a few. You just walk out to the trees, decide what you want to eat, and pick it.
That sounds like a dream come true- rose apple and cashew fruit? yum- sounds good! Dean, give Trish a hug for me, I miss my home girl already!
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