Today's mission - to poke about in the shops in town. Since there are three, it shouldn't take terribly long so we hang around the house all morning reading and drinking coffee. Just before noon, we ride in to town and have a burger at Munchies. For the record, they're burgers are very, very good. Much better than the ones at Seven Seas.
After lunch, we head over to "The Tea Cup", which is tea shop upstairs and a local arts & craft gallery on the main floor. We spent about $100 US on some local metal work (we love the metal work they do here in Honduras), and a piece of reclaimed wood with a map of Utila on it. It was about 240 degrees in the gallery, so we decided to troop upstairs for some of their iced tea. Fortuitously, they not only had the most delicious jasmine & lime iced tea, they also had dessert! We must do our part to support the local economy, right?
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| Fresh macaroon for me; M&M cookie-pie for Andrew. Good thing we didn't find this place earlier in our stay! |
Completely refreshed and sugared, we made our way to stores #2 and #3. Along the way, we handed out some of the dog treats we bought. As in most places we visit in Central America, there are lots of dogs running around here. Some have collars, some don't. Some have homes, some don't. Collars and homes are not necessarily synonymous. Here in Utila, the dogs don't seem to know much about Milkbones. While not the number one choice at our house, I've never had one of my dogs turn one down so I know they must be edible. The dogs here seem somewhat confused by them. They will all take them from us, quite readily. They then, without exception, set them down and look from the cookie to us with a furrowed brow. Food? Something else? One dog actually tried to make it in to a game, throwing it around and trying to get me to chase him with it. Our guess is that most of the dogs here are not fed dog food or dog treats, but eat scraps (or garbage if they're homeless). Our dogs certainly like table scraps better than milkbones, so I guess the reaction here makes sense.
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| Handing out MilkBones to the local furries. |
By the time we made it home, we were both ready for a swim. It's very humid today, despite the wind. Andrew snorkeled for about 45 minutes. I tried, but it was so wavy I was nauseous within 10 minutes. No worries, I just hung out on the deck with the iguana.
Our dinner at home (tacos) left us with some extra meat so we tried to feed the eels that LJ assures us are living in the jetty between our rental and theirs. If there are there, a big flashlight and a cup of ground beef could not entice them out. Undaunted, we turned our super-powered flashlight along the base of our large deck and were delighted with the results. Wish we would have found this nighttime adventure sooner!
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| Crab along the dock wall |
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| Crab + Snail |
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| Snails - I was entranced by their colors |
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| Pink? |
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| Seriously, have you ever seen pink snails before? |
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| ...and one more crab. |
After we waded around in the nighttime sea, we sat up on the porch for an hour or so scouting for bats. Not much action at our house, unfortunately - but a dozen or so were swarming around at Vinnie & LJ's. What gives? Could it be that Vinnie & LJ have a better sugar-to-water ratio than we do? Maybe it's the fact that their feeder has been around longer? I doubt it could even be the fact that Vinnie & LJ are not standing next to their feeder with a super-powered flashlight...but maybe.
Last full day on the island tomorrow...see you then.
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