This weekend, my good friend whom I have known for over ten years is getting married. The husband and I will not be there. It is the fourth wedding we have missed since moving to the island. In addition, in the not too distant future, my bestest bud is going to have her first baby. […]
El Lago
Continuing our exploration of la isla, last Sunday saw us trek to the jungle not far from the town of Moka to embark upon (yet another) hike. Despite the rainy season now finally having set in the day was, if not bright and sunny, at least falling-rain-less – and with the chill air of the mountains […]
Offshore
Last week saw me confronting my worst fear (other than being buried alive). Heights. Not heights as in flying (never had a problem with that) but heights as in up, up, up, being hoisted into the air by a crane and onto Alba B – the offshore platform. Before coming here, it had never crossed my […]
Behind the Waterfall
A week and a half ago, we journeyed to one of the most beautiful, most remote places on earth. On the southern part of the island, about 1.5 hours drive from the compound, up and down some serious gradient roads, is Ureca, its sparkling black-diamond beaches and, its waterfalls. Apart from the drive, and the walks along […]
Water, water
Although it is apparently the rainy season, the storms so far have not been omnipresent. They appear every other day (or night) often accompanied by thunder and a little lightning before soaking the earth and leaving the air close against one’s skin. The most major storm we have experienced so far was on Easter Sunday, […]
Pico-Basile
Yesterday we conquered the mountain. Or volcano rather. A group of about ten of us left the compound at 7.00am on a Sunday morning, amid the sounds of thunder and boarded the mini-bus loaded with food and bottled water, bound for Pico. After a two hour check-in and negotiation of our paperwork providing us with […]