One of the things I need to get used to about life on Isla is that I cannot go to sleep past 10 p.m. because the absolute latest I can be guaranteed to sleep uninterrupted is 5 a.m. Seven and six do sometimes happen, but it’s rare. I didn’t get to sleep till about 10:45 last night and I’m feeling it this morning. 🙁
I woke up around five and gave up on going back to sleep around six. I decided to go for a beach walk before getting to work.
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- The surf is loud in the morning. I very occasionally hear it between the roosters and honking!
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- These will be used for covering palapas.
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- Carmelita’s, viewed from the beach (where I’ve been getting internet access).
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- Carmelita’s viewed from the other side.
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- This is Miguel’s restaurant, one of the very few, if not only, proper sit down restaurants open for dinner.
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- This is where the peanut guy sets up his table (notice the birds…).
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- The police station looks a little like a Tardis/British police call box!
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- The chicken lady’s stand. She’s there in the back in the white dress. Only six hours to go to chicken! 🙂
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- This little grocery/convenience store is just by my house, so a good place to go if I run out of anything since the proper grocery store is quite a distance away.
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- Gas tank on the roof of the house.
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- I keep getting asked where I got my much needed entrance mat. Out of my truck… I bought a bunch of these for cheap at the thrift store and they’re great for covering up stuff in the truck and, obviously, as a Mexican doormat to catch some of the dirt that gets tracked into my house!
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- It’s quite a distance to my front door from the office, so I put a sign in its window.
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- It fits nicely between the bars and it works!
Glad you found Miguels. I wonder if my palapa was damaged from he hurricane and needs palm fronds. You can only tell by walking towards it from the beach and seeing if you can see the plastic which means the sun is ruining my rain protection. Ah well, not much I can do.
Contessa, I haven’t been to Miguels yet. 🙂
I’ll have to check your palapa and will report back later.