Mar 07, 2019
I am still in the catching up phase of the past week. Life is not slowing down so my blog remains a few days late versus real time. I forgot to mention the other day that I managed to lose my second camera battery ( $50.00 or so ) at the Plazuela Machado during the […]
Mar 06, 2019
We have seen the fireworks from the top of the Freeman Hotel at least three times, maybe four. We loved them and thought that they were the best that we had ever seen. I was wrong. Seeing them from a boat just a few feet away from the launching barge is beyond spectacular. In fact […]
Mar 05, 2019
Tonight I was supposed to post about the fireworks but I had no idea that we had taken over 500 photos. That takes time to edit. Plus those photos were taken with my iPhone. I did spend some time that morning reading about how to take firework photos with an iPhone. So now we have […]
Mar 04, 2019
The official start to Carnaval was Thursday but last Friday was the day we chose to introduce our friends to the event. This is what she and the rest of us were hearing. How many seconds were you able to listen before you stopped? Despite the many many bands playing the worst was right next […]
Mar 03, 2019
Friday night was a very fun Carnaval event and that will be my next post. Sadly to bring you up to date in real time, we had a tragedy here on the Isla. This happened yesterday, Saturday about 12:10PM. We actually saw all the people gathering at the waters edge, the police truck and the […]