We have welcomed a new pet into the clan. A baby yellowish harlequin Crested Gecko - still to be named. He/she is very cute and when it cooperates I will post some pictures. The boys are planning to 'timeshare' the Gecko. It is pretty neat - they have no eyelids so they lick their eyes. They eat fruit - mostly a food called CGD - yep, crested gecko diet - that you mix with water, and the occasional cricket. They are nocturnal and love to climb so we have a terrarium with vines for it.
Inja (the Border Terrier) is not totally sure about this new addition yet :)
Watch this space for updates.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Snorkelling in Paradise
We went on an all day excursion to Cayo Paradiso. It is an uninhabited sandbar out in the clearest water imaginable. The bus trip through the area was fascinating - what a fertile country with an abundance of fruit - bananas, trees dripping with mangoes. As we pay $3 for 4 mangoes - the trees with hundreds of them seem like growing your own gold!
After a short but fast speedboat ride we arrived on the sandbar. The water is an incredible blue and so clear that you can see the bottom. We went snorkelling around the coral reef and saw stacks of beautiful fish - Sergeant Majors, Blue-headed Wrass, Yellowtail and lots of others.
After a few hours on the island we set of for the Mangrove reserve and ultimately to lunch at Punta Rosa - another white sandy beach shaded by lots of palms and almond trees.
Pelican on Cayo Paradiso
Sergeant Major school
After a short but fast speedboat ride we arrived on the sandbar. The water is an incredible blue and so clear that you can see the bottom. We went snorkelling around the coral reef and saw stacks of beautiful fish - Sergeant Majors, Blue-headed Wrass, Yellowtail and lots of others.
After a few hours on the island we set of for the Mangrove reserve and ultimately to lunch at Punta Rosa - another white sandy beach shaded by lots of palms and almond trees.
View from lunch
It was a great day - we all returned to the hotel, salty, sandy and sleepy!
Beach and Boogy!
We have just returned from a wonderful, relaxing beach vacation in the Dominican. When we first arrived in Canada it seemed odd that people went to destinations such as Cuba and the Dominican - after the first winter we certainly figured out why a spring break in the south is essential in order to get the summer here sooner!
This March we decided to try the Dominican, after travelling to Cuba, Mexico and the Turks and Caicos in the past few years.
We stayed at the Iberostar Costa Dorada at Puerto Plata. What a great resort, it has beautiful grounds, delicious food and friendly staff. The beach is nice and the pool is a good size.
We went on an excursion that the staff kept calling 'Dune Boogy's'. It was a muddy, crazy, off-road drive up the mountain in tiny 2 seater buggies. It was a lot of fun - they had their mechanics along for on the run repairs and patching. Cam drove for our buggy for a little while - his first driving experience; however, they wouldn't let him drive for long as he isn't old enough. As he is much taller than me he could actually see over the wheel where I couldn't - but that didn't seem to count.
This March we decided to try the Dominican, after travelling to Cuba, Mexico and the Turks and Caicos in the past few years.
We stayed at the Iberostar Costa Dorada at Puerto Plata. What a great resort, it has beautiful grounds, delicious food and friendly staff. The beach is nice and the pool is a good size.
We went on an excursion that the staff kept calling 'Dune Boogy's'. It was a muddy, crazy, off-road drive up the mountain in tiny 2 seater buggies. It was a lot of fun - they had their mechanics along for on the run repairs and patching. Cam drove for our buggy for a little while - his first driving experience; however, they wouldn't let him drive for long as he isn't old enough. As he is much taller than me he could actually see over the wheel where I couldn't - but that didn't seem to count.
Mike and Cam before things got dirty!
Row of buggies parked at the refreshment - a stick of sugar cane - stop.
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