The sign!!!
If we had of turned away from the beach, we would have seen another Daisy's sign tucked away between the sidewalk and the road. Sorry if anyone got lost looking for it. We will try to find out what is going in beside the Tipsy Tuna.
Our Beachfront Home
For Sale: Click on this photo
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Correction!!!
Yes, I made a booboo, a mistake, an error. That's life. So before the emails start flowing in, I thought I better correct my error. My last post indicated that the bar beside the old Barefoot was Daisy's. Not true... we saw the sign and assumed we should turn towards the beach.
The sign!!!
If we had of turned away from the beach, we would have seen another Daisy's sign tucked away between the sidewalk and the road. Sorry if anyone got lost looking for it. We will try to find out what is going in beside the Tipsy Tuna.
The sign!!!If we had of turned away from the beach, we would have seen another Daisy's sign tucked away between the sidewalk and the road. Sorry if anyone got lost looking for it. We will try to find out what is going in beside the Tipsy Tuna.
Miscellaneous Update
Since Barefoot Beach Bar was closed, a lot of people have been wondering where they are going. I came across this ad directing you to go to Facebook.
Ad on the back of the 2010 Placencia Peninsula Business Directory & Visitors Guide.
Here, on the left side of the picture, we have a shot of the old Barefoot site where worker bees are busy changing the site into something new. On the right side, there is also some furious work being done and it looks like it could be a new bar. It is called Daisy's and looks like it will be opening soon.
Closer to home, it was difficult to get this guy out of our sink. We even put a cutting board up the side for him to walk on... nope... he did jump out when I started running the water though.
We headed to the Crow's Nest on Saturday to listen to John and Fred of the Lost Reefers play. It was a good time and we caught up with some friends we hadn't seen for awhile.
John and Fred
Debbie
Jenny
Dan
Kat
Ad on the back of the 2010 Placencia Peninsula Business Directory & Visitors Guide.
Here, on the left side of the picture, we have a shot of the old Barefoot site where worker bees are busy changing the site into something new. On the right side, there is also some furious work being done and it looks like it could be a new bar. It is called Daisy's and looks like it will be opening soon.
Closer to home, it was difficult to get this guy out of our sink. We even put a cutting board up the side for him to walk on... nope... he did jump out when I started running the water though.We headed to the Crow's Nest on Saturday to listen to John and Fred of the Lost Reefers play. It was a good time and we caught up with some friends we hadn't seen for awhile.
John and Fred
Debbie
Jenny
Dan
KatFriday, January 22, 2010
Still Here
For all those wondering if we are still here, we are. We were just hibernating, waiting for the warm weather to resurface. Now that it is warming up, along with the good weather have come some visitors.
First a glorious sunrise!
Three parakeets
Oriole (not Baltimore)
Woody Woodpecker
Kiskadee
Warbler
Peewee
Last but not least, what collection would be complete without a grackle.
First a glorious sunrise!
Three parakeets
Oriole (not Baltimore)
Woody Woodpecker
Kiskadee
Warbler
Peewee
Last but not least, what collection would be complete without a grackle.Here's to warmer times ahead.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
2009 In Retrospect
Well, it's been one hell of a year. A quick recap...
January
We had Tamara visit, actually arrived in December but stayed a week. We went to San Ignacio where we checked out Xunantunich, did some cave tubing at Jaguar Paw Resort, and finished her stay by going to Caye Caulker for some snorkelling at the reef. After that we started struggling with Access America for the refund due to Air Canada cancelling their flights. This is the month that Elvis finally opened his new store in Seine Bight.
February
We saw bats in the bedroom, plenty of birds, even more rain. At the end of the month, we sold our grill and moved from Maya Beach to Seine Bight. We continued our struggle with Access America for our refund. They did reinburse us for some of it, but put it on the wrong credit card. They promised to cut a cheque for the remainder sometime in the next 60 days.
March
First we went to Belmopan where we applied for our residency as our year was up. That was a struggle in itself as there is no set standard and if you talk to two different people, you will get two totally different sets of instructions. We took a mini vacation and checked out Punta Gorda as it was one of the places we had not been to yet. We then settled into the new digs at Seine Bight. We continued our struggle with Access America.
April
We had Easter and we went to our first Passover Seder, which was wonderful, then my mom's birthday (which we celebrated without her), Bob's birthday party at Lil Bit's place and I did the Walk For Polio. I got bit by a dog in Seine Bight. We had our Police Interview for residency. They started building the road in Seine Bight. We continued our struggle with Access America.
May
The Village of Seine Bight got a road, Adriane had a birthday, Yoli's had a deck opening ceremony and party, we were finally paid the amount owed by Access America. We checked out some property in Riversdale on May 19th, but later found out the realtor took us to the wrong lot. On May 27th, we went back and checked out the correct property on our own. We continued our struggle with Immigration for residency.
June
The road continued to North Seine Bight, Lobster Season opened, LobsterFest happened and I did the Walk For Cancer. Our struggle with Immigration continued.
July
We celebrated Canada Day, Barnacle's birthday, and continued our struggle with Immigration. They managed to complete my application but lose Bob's. Bob's mum passed away, so we went to Victoria for two weeks. First we had to move out of Seine Bight and put our 'stuff' into storage.
August
We returned from Victoria and moved into the new digs in Placencia Village. We got our residency, Social Security and Voter Identification all set. We applied for internet to be installed in the new house before we left for Victoria and got it on August 20th. They installed the wrong speed but at least we had internet. Not bad for a $605 installation fee!!
September
We had lots of rain, Barefoot reopened, we celebrated The Battle of St. George's Caye and Independence Day. David Perez reopened his store in Placencia. We received our Social Security cards in the Placencia office.
October
We went to Dangriga to pick up our Voter ID cards, we celebrated Dax's birthday at the Maya Breeze. We checked out the property at Riversdale again, this time wondering why we were interested in the first place. We found out that we were being billed the wrong amount for the internet and began our struggle with BTL to have the billing corrected.
November
We started our struggle with Solicitor General's Office in Belmopan to get a Marriage Licence. Like Immigration, it depends on what day it is and who you talk to as to what information you get. We did get our Licence in the end but had to pay four times as much as originally told because we are FOREIGNERS. So why did we go for Residency? TuttiFrutti reopened. We celebrated Remembrance Day and we did get quietly married barefoot on the beach in front of our house on November 28th. We continued with our struggle with BTL billing.
December
We spent eight wonderful days in Costa Rica on our honeymoon. We celebrated my birthday at Barefoot Beach. We think we finally got the internet billing straightened around. We went to some friends in the village for a Christmas party and we had a wonderful Christmas Day with our friends and neighbours. Christmas Day afternoon we went for a swim. Just yesterday, we hooked up with some dear friends from Victoria who will be coming down to visit we hope. The year is ending on a wonderful note as our struggles seem to be over for now.
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and look forward to a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Bob and Sharyn Flindell
January
We had Tamara visit, actually arrived in December but stayed a week. We went to San Ignacio where we checked out Xunantunich, did some cave tubing at Jaguar Paw Resort, and finished her stay by going to Caye Caulker for some snorkelling at the reef. After that we started struggling with Access America for the refund due to Air Canada cancelling their flights. This is the month that Elvis finally opened his new store in Seine Bight.
February
We saw bats in the bedroom, plenty of birds, even more rain. At the end of the month, we sold our grill and moved from Maya Beach to Seine Bight. We continued our struggle with Access America for our refund. They did reinburse us for some of it, but put it on the wrong credit card. They promised to cut a cheque for the remainder sometime in the next 60 days.
March
First we went to Belmopan where we applied for our residency as our year was up. That was a struggle in itself as there is no set standard and if you talk to two different people, you will get two totally different sets of instructions. We took a mini vacation and checked out Punta Gorda as it was one of the places we had not been to yet. We then settled into the new digs at Seine Bight. We continued our struggle with Access America.
April
We had Easter and we went to our first Passover Seder, which was wonderful, then my mom's birthday (which we celebrated without her), Bob's birthday party at Lil Bit's place and I did the Walk For Polio. I got bit by a dog in Seine Bight. We had our Police Interview for residency. They started building the road in Seine Bight. We continued our struggle with Access America.
May
The Village of Seine Bight got a road, Adriane had a birthday, Yoli's had a deck opening ceremony and party, we were finally paid the amount owed by Access America. We checked out some property in Riversdale on May 19th, but later found out the realtor took us to the wrong lot. On May 27th, we went back and checked out the correct property on our own. We continued our struggle with Immigration for residency.
June
The road continued to North Seine Bight, Lobster Season opened, LobsterFest happened and I did the Walk For Cancer. Our struggle with Immigration continued.
July
We celebrated Canada Day, Barnacle's birthday, and continued our struggle with Immigration. They managed to complete my application but lose Bob's. Bob's mum passed away, so we went to Victoria for two weeks. First we had to move out of Seine Bight and put our 'stuff' into storage.
August
We returned from Victoria and moved into the new digs in Placencia Village. We got our residency, Social Security and Voter Identification all set. We applied for internet to be installed in the new house before we left for Victoria and got it on August 20th. They installed the wrong speed but at least we had internet. Not bad for a $605 installation fee!!
September
We had lots of rain, Barefoot reopened, we celebrated The Battle of St. George's Caye and Independence Day. David Perez reopened his store in Placencia. We received our Social Security cards in the Placencia office.
October
We went to Dangriga to pick up our Voter ID cards, we celebrated Dax's birthday at the Maya Breeze. We checked out the property at Riversdale again, this time wondering why we were interested in the first place. We found out that we were being billed the wrong amount for the internet and began our struggle with BTL to have the billing corrected.
November
We started our struggle with Solicitor General's Office in Belmopan to get a Marriage Licence. Like Immigration, it depends on what day it is and who you talk to as to what information you get. We did get our Licence in the end but had to pay four times as much as originally told because we are FOREIGNERS. So why did we go for Residency? TuttiFrutti reopened. We celebrated Remembrance Day and we did get quietly married barefoot on the beach in front of our house on November 28th. We continued with our struggle with BTL billing.
December
We spent eight wonderful days in Costa Rica on our honeymoon. We celebrated my birthday at Barefoot Beach. We think we finally got the internet billing straightened around. We went to some friends in the village for a Christmas party and we had a wonderful Christmas Day with our friends and neighbours. Christmas Day afternoon we went for a swim. Just yesterday, we hooked up with some dear friends from Victoria who will be coming down to visit we hope. The year is ending on a wonderful note as our struggles seem to be over for now.
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and look forward to a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Bob and Sharyn Flindell
Monday, December 21, 2009
Costa Rica - Part 5
THURSDAY
We got up to have an early breakfast before heading out on the catamaran tour. We were picked up on time and went down the road to pick up more people as we headed towards the marina.
Front and centre, you can see our catamaran heading towards us.
The two of us.
Dolphins.
Our hotel from the sea.
Breathtaking views.
Two-toned blue fish.
Bob and some clown fish.
The tour was excellent and we would recommend it to anyone. We had a great day, chasing dolphins and booby birds, cruising the coast, snorkeling, drinks and lunch and more drinks on board and sailing back to the marina.
After we returned to the hotel, we changed and caught the shuttle down to the village. We wandered around the shops, managed to find a great bar for happy hour. Then we went to the beach to catch sunset.
Surfer's beach.
Sunset over the surfers.
FRIDAY
We had our first sleep-in then coffee on our patio before breakfast. After breakfast we walked the trail loop before going to the swimming pool. We were picked up at 1:30 for the trip back to San Jose. It went a little slower than anticipated because the mountains were pretty much fogged in.
We got back to the hotel at 6 pm. Once we got checked in, we wandered around and found a restaurant where we had some of the best shrimp and a couple of bottles of wine. After dinner, we went back to the hotel to make a phone call to the family. It was another early night as we were to be picked up at 3:15 a.m. for our 6:30 flight home.
SATURDAY
We were up early, ready for the trip home. We flew from San Jose to San Salvador, then on to Belize City. It was a long day as we got home just after 6:30 pm.
We got up to have an early breakfast before heading out on the catamaran tour. We were picked up on time and went down the road to pick up more people as we headed towards the marina.
Front and centre, you can see our catamaran heading towards us.
The two of us.
Dolphins.
Our hotel from the sea.
Breathtaking views.
Two-toned blue fish.
Bob and some clown fish.The tour was excellent and we would recommend it to anyone. We had a great day, chasing dolphins and booby birds, cruising the coast, snorkeling, drinks and lunch and more drinks on board and sailing back to the marina.
After we returned to the hotel, we changed and caught the shuttle down to the village. We wandered around the shops, managed to find a great bar for happy hour. Then we went to the beach to catch sunset.
Surfer's beach.
Sunset over the surfers.FRIDAY
We had our first sleep-in then coffee on our patio before breakfast. After breakfast we walked the trail loop before going to the swimming pool. We were picked up at 1:30 for the trip back to San Jose. It went a little slower than anticipated because the mountains were pretty much fogged in.
We got back to the hotel at 6 pm. Once we got checked in, we wandered around and found a restaurant where we had some of the best shrimp and a couple of bottles of wine. After dinner, we went back to the hotel to make a phone call to the family. It was another early night as we were to be picked up at 3:15 a.m. for our 6:30 flight home.
SATURDAY
We were up early, ready for the trip home. We flew from San Jose to San Salvador, then on to Belize City. It was a long day as we got home just after 6:30 pm.
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