monday evening to tuesday evening

monday evening we spent time on the internet checking out our next stop, placencia. we were there last summer and enjoyed our stay...it was our top pick for places to live. we have narrowed down our apartment search for there to 3 places. we also were able to get fox tv, so we watched house and 24. sleep was less than good, especially for rick. it was hot and humid with hardly any breeze.

tuesday we awoke about 630 am and took a sunrise swim in the gulf of honduras. it was incredible. the water was silky calm, cool and refreshing. breakfast was eggs, ham, toast and juice at home. i was able to shower, but by the time rick got in there, the water in the apartment had gone off. we decided to go out in search of a fan to improve our sleep tonight while we waited for the water to come back on. we found a fan on our second stop, went to see if the fish market was open (not today) and then went home to check out the water status (still not on yet). we picked up our travel books and met the son-in-law of the owner of the place we were staying (roberto). he owns a fishing boat and we talked about taking a tour with him out to the cayes. more to come on this. we took a drive to check out the rest of punta gorda and finally were able to find the hickatee cottages on the outskirts of town. the cottages are in the midst of the jungle and had paths throughout the grounds with signs labeling the flora. we enjoyed a hike around the grounds, but then the mosquitos started to bite, so we high-tailed it to the car (no malaria precautions have been taken). on the way home we found the punta gorda airport (tiny) and hit a couple of the last streets in town that we hadn't yet seen. back to the apartment for a break, then another swim to cool off. afterward, the water was finally back on, so we both had a chance to hit the soap and then lunch of quesadillias on our homemade tortillas. delicious! after lunch the water was off again, but this time only in the kitchen sink. we'll wait and see what happens. since we got up early and had a busy morning, we decided to try to nap... this was a little more successful than last night...the fan helped. when we got up the kitchen sink was still without running water, so we checked with the front desk and found out there was no reason for this...they will check into it. we decided to take a walk to see if we could find roberto to discuss more details of a boat trip. on the way we met another guy with a boat (bobby) who also offered to take us out in the next couple of days. we weren't able to find roberto, so we'll have to see how it plays out. on the way home we hit the chocolate shop (no purchases this time) and then home. cruised the internet while the plumber fixed the sink and then dinner of a different flavor of burritos. quiet day and will be a quiet evening.