I had hoped to do a daily log entry but have been less than successful so far.
For starters... if you go to the bottom of this page you'll find a new feature. The picture gallery is ready. The photos that are currently there are all pictures from my first Bahamas trip, November 5 to December 19.
The first group are pictures taken in and around the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat during my 37 day stay there. In the middle of "Ashram09" you can see my beach hut, W4. "Ashram14" shows the front door of W4 at night.
The second group were taken during two dive trips. The first was a shallow water reef dive to 25 feet. The second was a two tank dive that started with a 45 minute wall dive to 100 feet, followed by a 40 minute wreck dive to about 45 feet.
The third group are pictures taken of Lynn's Clogs that I painted during my stay at the Ashram. She really loved them and that made it worth all the effort.
The fourth group called SPA were taken while I was staying at the British Colonial Hilton Resort in Nassau, December 9-16. Heike, Janette and Nikki are all friends met while at the Ashram. The woman doing Heike's pedicure is Isobel, the director/half owner of the Azure Spa at the Hilton. She did all of my treatments while I was there.
The snorkelling pictures were taken during a half day trip to Rose Island with a group of people from the Ashram. One of the staff members at the Ashram, Kendall, took groups out snorkelling about once a week or so. The divers seen in 2 of the pictures were from a dive boat anchored near us.
And last, but certainly not least, are shots taken around ht eOrange Hill Beach Inn and its beach.
As soon as I can, I'll upload more photos from my current trip and get them posted. All of you who I promised photos to can download copies but be forewarned that these are reduced size. So if you want something at full size (for higher quality) let me know and we'll arrange a file transfer.
As for my activities of yesterday and today... I've been scraping and sanding old paint and rust from propane tanks (four at about 5 feet high and one BBQ size) and repainting them. Tomorrow there is one more to do then I go around and paint "Exuma Park" on all of them and I'm done that job.
I've been meeting all sorts of interesting and nice people. I am having a great time here. Today, I learned how to do a rope splice from a visiting sailor who was doing a little bit of work for the park. Now I have to remember it. Best thing to do is keep doing rope splices.
Posted by gailene at January 14, 2003 09:22 PM