St.Particks Day Party, raving on the beaches of Aruba.

The event was organised by Senor Frogs on Aruba.

Awesome stage for the DJs.

Oh what a night, and day as well. The event opened at 12 noon and partied well past midnight, as is custom in the Caribbean. The main act was ‘Fat Boy Slim’, who is also a Brit!

Our last sunset in Costa Rica, for a little while anyway!

The sun setting on Jaco Beach, Costa Rica.

What a beautiful country and friendly people.

This is the end of our second trip to Costa Rica. We have had a wonderful experience and enjoyed many parties and laughs with our new friends over here both resident and travelers. The locals in Costa Rica (Ticos – men and Ticas – ladies) are such friendly people and we always find that their English is much better than our Spanish. There has been so much to do and see during the day, and of course the night-life………..

Happy New Year from Tarzan and Jayn.

Tarzan and Jayn enjoying their New Year Eve celebrations in Costa Rica, very apt for Tarzan to swing through the jungle in costume! Enjoy your party, wherever you are.

Tarzan and Jayn on Royal Caribbean morning TV show.

Tarzan and Jayn on Royal Caribbean morning TV show on Independence of the Seas as we crossed the Atlantic Ocean in December.

Transatlantic Cruising, so much better than flying!

Tarzan posing as Santa.

Independence of the Seas

Once again Tarzan and I find ourselves on a cruise, this time across the Atlantic Ocean. We love the concept of cruising against long haul flying, if you have the time of course. These days there is usually not so much differential in the price either! We cruised from Southampton, England to Fort Lauderdale in the United States of America.

A Cure for Asthma?

Qiling pagoda in Da Ming Temple, Yangzhou 扬州大明寺栖灵塔 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

You decide!

I, Tarzan, had Asthma since I was a small child and used inhalers at least six times a day, like a lot of people. That was until fourteen years ago when I was back-packing around China. Here is my story. I always carried a good supply of preventer and reliever inhalers with me when I was travelling, as I never knew where I could pick them up, and they are “Life savers”.

We got a lovely bunch of coconuts!

Tarzan and Jayn with our coconuts in Aruba.

Four or five bunches, actually.

Coconuts and the Caribbean go hand in hand. In our front garden we have a medium-sized coconut tree that is producing a lot of coconuts this summer. So many that the gardener, Lynn, offered to cut some open for us so that we could try the lovely juice inside. Machete in hand, Lynn stated to chop at a green coconut. A bit scary, I thought, but she has probably been doing this for years.

Summer time on Aruba is just what you are looking for in a beach get-away.

Tarzan getting hot under the collar in Aruba.

Aruba, hot and sunny, dry and arid, you chose.

The summer time in Aruba is hot, warm, dry, breezy…..I can go on……. Just what you want for a beach get-away. The island lies just off the coast of Venezuela and hundreds of years ago had loads of trees covering the land. Unfortunately, in the name of progress, the trees were cut down, as they made great lumber for building houses and boats. This left the landscape to be what it is today, cactus, Divi Divi Trees, brush and sand. Still the climate is still the same.

Beautiful Bonaire, have you been there?

Tarzan and Iggy the iguana in Bonaire.

Diving at its best.

Tarzan and I love to travel. We have an affinity to warm and sunny locations, so the Caribbean works well for us. We have been to many of the islands in the chain, and as everyone, we have our favourite places. Bonaire is one of them. Famous for having some of the best diving in the world, with over 30 different sites. We have not dove there yet, but even the snorkeling is wonderful. With only about 14,000 inhabitants, the feel is very intimate.

The queen angelfish rules… (Holacanthus ciliaris). Bonaire, Netherland Antilles. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Snake in the grass, tree, garden…..whatever……

Tarzan and the snake.

Boa to be correct, and a pretty nice one too.

OK, so snakes are not my favourite animal, but they are pretty impressive when you come across one in the wild. Tarzan and I love the animal kingdom, or course, and we love to have wildlife around wherever we are staying. When we where in Costa Rica there were creatures everywhere. Aruba, however, is not the same. The snakes on the island were introduced to keep the rats under control that had arrived on the ships of years gone by.