Empty Nest

Our long term visitors, Fernando & Laura left on Friday morning. They were with us for 1 month and now they are onto their next adventure. Not sure where they will be, but they want to continue their journey of entertaining with juggling and making jewellery. They are talented. I was fortunate enough to have received a beautiful necklace with a charm made from cocnut from them for by birthday. We wish them weill with much success.
I also took my first dive for my open water course and it went really well! I competed all my tasks and we saw moray eels, nurse sharks and lobster. I am really excited to becom certified and look forward to discovering new underwater worlds.
The island is pretty quite and the locals are looking forward to next week because that is when they can start fishing lobster again. I think this will change the feel and energy of the island because everyone will be busy and they will have money. There are about 2000 people that live and work here with no real infrastructure. Stores are open some days, sometimes kids go to school. We are enjoying our experienc ena dour opportunities as well as looking forward to operating our own harmoniacasa! We have been talking alot about it and we are planning how we would like it to be and also where we would like it to be. There are a couple of places in NI that have made an impression on us so we are leaning to those places. Stay tuned for more details to follow in the next while! Adios, Rasta Mo

Karl´s Korner
La mer est belle ce matin. Nous sommes maintenant seaul a Casa Sunrise et ici lorsquíl y a personne on se croit seul au monde. Aucun bruits autres que celui de la nature, la mer, les oiseaux. De temps en temps le bruit dúne panga (chaloupe a moteur) conduit par un pecheur. Quest ce que le faisais avant? Je regardais probablement trop de nouvelles, trop dínformation. Je dois vous avouer quíl y a quelques petites choses qui me mancue, un bon bain chaud, une palette de chocolat (zero), le pennes sauce rosee avec saucisse italienne et pistache a Charlotte et une bonne bouteille de Salice de Salentino ou un Cote Roti un des prefere a Gilles.
Cette semaine les roles sont inverses, Monika plonge tout les jours pendant que je garde le fort, elle aura enfin sont openwater et jen suis bein fier.
la vie est belle profitez en. Saludos, Karlos

Tranquillo...tranquillo

I saw the Man from the Old Man and the Sea today. His small boat pulling in and selling his catch to those who wanted it...and back out again to reap the rewards from the sea. Pretty much the daily routine on Little Corn.

We hadAlison from Austrailia stay with us for a night and she was awesome to have around. She taught me how to make breead in the wood fire which I am totally excited about! She has travelled alot and is very outdoorsy and hgas done alot of camping & guiding in the wilderness and is very familiar with very little. She became my mentor for the day!

We also celebrated my birthday here @ Casa Sunrise by enjoying the beach and just appreciating the moments we have experienced here. We ¨went out¨to dinner at Farm Peace Love which is a place two ¨doors¨down from us that rents rooms and serves meals. Bing Crosby is from the island and his wife Paola is from Tuscany, Italy. She is a fabulous cook and we had the most amazing meal since being in Nicaragua. Pasta which the fantastic cheese that her Dad had brought from Italy followed by a spinch torte and the most amazing mousse type dessert. We were also able to enjoy bottle of red wind which was a real treat...Salice Sanentino Rosso 2004...incredible. It was a great day and a nice change of pace for Karl and I.

Karl´s Korner
Le centre de plongee ma demande de diriger des plongees pour les depanner le temps quil sén trouve un autre (divemaster). Je pourrai plonger gratuitement et aussi pouvoir gagner quelques dollars. Super!
Depuis un mois nous avons des clients Fernando et Laura, ils partent la semaine prochaine et je pense que ce sera tres tranquille apres leurs depart. Les touristes se font rare et le mundial de soccer qui commence. Tranquille, tres tranquille.
La fete de Monika a ete un succes. Nous sommes parti main dans la main, sur la plage, manger un super bon plat de pate dans une petite auberge tenue par une italienne et son mari un ïslander¨. Cétait magique. Ma jolie etait tres heureuse!

New Month

Helping the neighbor kids with homework
Enjoying the moment!

A quiet week @ Casa Sunrise. I have learned a few new receipes from Laura & Fernando which are really delicious & easy to prepare. Laura taught me how to make Arepas which are a traditional Columbian ¨tortilla¨made with corn flour, water, salt and sugar & fried in a pan. They are awesome with rice & beans. Fern taught me how to make this great Spanish rice which is really easy & tasty!

We had a few visits from the neighbors children this week. Karl took a photo of me helping them with their homework and afterward he went and took them for a water adventure. They are alot of fun and they are helping us practise our spanish as that is all they speak.

We are at another full house this weekend. A couple for one night...he is from Britain and she is from Finland and a single women traveller from Austrailia for the next couple of nights. It is great and also challengin as we are trying to adapt ourselves to someone else´s vision and we have our own that sometimes are very different. It is a great experience and learning opportunity for us both in personal and business ways!

I have to take this opportunity to also wish my father a Happy Birthday! Everything is great and I hope that you have a wonderful day and my thoughts are with you Dad!

Sorry no Karl´s Korner today...next week we promise

Adios por ahorra...Monika & Karl