This morning we had a nice tour of the mangroves and snorkeled in them as well. I am still not a good kayaker, I prefer my canoe. I can’t paddle a kayak straight to save my life.
Interesting tidbit of information I learned today, the mangroves are tsunami 🌊 buffers. They also house a lot of fish but that wasn’t new information.
There is a group that cuts paths through mangroves to create the channels we kayaked through, part of the money from the tag we had to buy is used for that purpose. Everything here is basically protected land or water.
Our guide was a nice guy, they are a very relaxed and nice people here. They tell you often if you don’t pick it up on your own. They are less PC as well, our guide was a “white negro” which is a translation from the local term. He was happy to be so as that means he is accepted by the locals. He said a lot of the Dutch stick close to other Dutch and send their kids to private Dutch schools. He talked a lot about how slow and laid back the island is. He said you need a golf cart though that will do 30mph.
Our guide made off hand remarks about our resort, it has the best location for shore diving of the resorts but it is not the Four Stars ⭐️ it advertises. He gives it a two. The new pool gets a four from him though. So they are upgrading. The rooms do have some issues but hopefully with their other work maybe the rooms will get freshened up as well. They should stop driving leaking vehicles on the paths as well. The staff is friendly and they do a good job cleaning. The restaurant I have to agree with the two star ⭐️ Rating, they need to step up the beverage service and add some flavor to the dishes.
We were able to get a late check out time tomorrow as we don’t fly out until around four in the afternoon. They do charge for it but it will be a good thing. Makes it easier for us to have our room for a base to kill time from before we have to travel.
Traveling with Emily! 