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so last night there was also a thunder storm and i wound up not sleeping again, which makes sights like this big lizard on my bedroom balcony even more disturbing.

shortly after i took this photo, he took a flying leap into the back yard and scurried off seemingly unharmed. fortunately when its not lizard occupied this is the view:

after my parents did a few hours of house keeping, my dad and i went into "town" for rations. This is not a fancy resort town: 

we stopped at chachacha beach (real name) so i could get a few pictures. fancy fish were swimming right up to the seawall.

after we finished restocking the house, we went for a swim then a walk over to the beach. i can see from my bedroom, which is called lighthouse beach.

the sand is imported. naturally the beaches are essentially just a huge pile of broken coral or are fossilized coral they call "iron shore". its a pain in the ass to walk on, barefoot is not an option and i wouldnt want to lay out in the sun on it, but the water is a million different colors of blue and fairly warm.

there are the ruins of a half built structure on this beach. apparently it has quite the history and my parents have scavenged a number of things from it over the years. they call it "Esmerelda" which was the named for the planned resort at one point. Construction seems to be a risky business here, there are a lot of half-built abandoned structures.

and, heres some more just because.