Sunday, September 27

The power came back on early in the morning so we were able to get some sleep with the fan on. I(Nancy) got up early, walked down to the communal kitchen and made coffee. The sky is cloudless and a wonderful blue.

The other guests at Westport were a gentleman from Toronto,Canada, Daniel, who has been here for a week and three medical students from Germany, whose primary activities appear to be exploring the beach.. It has been fun talking to them.

Joseph, the owner of Westport Cottages, is quite a character and seems to be very knowledgeable of how to do the things we want to do. We told him we wanted to go to the Great Morass (swamp) about fifteen miles from here- he agreed to take us, along with Daniel, and off we went at about 25 miles per hour. We drove down to the Royal Palm Reserve and spent a couple of hours wandering along their wooden boardwalks through the vast swamp. We did not see the crocodile but did see a lot of butterflies and birds.

After we returned, Joseph gave us a ride to Rick’s, the bar that is rumored to be one of the best places to watch the sunset. In addition they have cliffs that one can jump off into the ocean below. It was fun though a little younger crowd, we had dinner there which was quite good but pricey. As sunset approached, unfortunately a thunderstorm followed suit and the actual dipping of the sun into the ocean was lost behind a cloud bank.