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Day 2: Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Our daily journal is after the pictures
Roger is one of our many thatched roofed restaurants overlooking the ocean. The service people all used their best English, saying "Mrs. Meyer, it is a pleasure to serve you. Enrique will be your server. He will get your drink order right away." Then she would swish a beautifully folded napkin onto my lap and disappear for the next customer. All food and drink was included in one price. This was a buffet but they also had "sit-down, menu" restaurants, as well as sandwich bars.
Waiter saw me taking the last picture and he offered to take this. It was our first brunch.
To the left in the background is the restaurant we just left. Again, another guest took this.
Later we got into the "cross current pool" made for walking in four feet of water. Theresa swallowed her pride and wore a swimming suit and even went without make up much of the time!
Theresa In swim caftan on way to beach, in front of one of a thousand beautiful gardens. In the background her is the indoor spa pool with two jacuzzis and a large pool.
Daily Journal
Roger got up about 6 to set up this system for keeping our trip diary, made a
pot of coffee and then went out for a walk. Walked around the whole complex -
very large - over 1000 rooms. Came back and had a nice continental breakfast
delivered early (7:30) to the room. Then went out for daily jog.
Satellite radio only works if you find the "spot" and then stand still. And our
room faces north so it isn't a good "spot." Only 1 FM station and no AM stations
in this area. But we have TV with lots of English programs with Mexican
subtitles. And I brought a CD with several hours of both "old pop" and classical
music that runs on my computer.
Jogged around the perimeter of the "grounds". It is at least a
third mile just to the
other lobby, so cannot even imagine how many acres... 300? Saw my first iguana.
Rocky beach with lots of man made sandy areas for sun bathing. And several man
made lagoons for swimming or (plastic) kayaking.
Spent morning getting bearings on complex's layout and what's where. Had a great
breakfast in the Mexican food restaurant. Located the Internet computers. Sent
message home (using memory stick to get message from my laptop to Internet
computer). Had a great lunch at the Mediterranean restaurant. Back for a nap.
Went out and found Mom some hair spray. Read for a while before dinner. And of
course did some computer work.
Had a lovely dinner in the "California Light" food restaurant. Very interesting
food.
Theresa is still very tired and achy. But enjoying the scenery which make us
remember Californian Spanish architecture. And we cannot get over how friendly
every one is who works here. I suppose it is partly due to the influx of cash
into the area in the past decade. Hopefully we are helping to make some folks a
better life.
In the evening we attended the "Hollywood" evening show - 10 dancers dancing to
various movies such as Evita, Chicago, etc. Nice show!
Today we're attaching a picture of us in front of the beach and a small portion
of the complex. We'll put a lot more pictures on our web site after we get home.
But we don't have access here to do that.