Palm Beach Hotel Praslin Island

Yep. That pretty much explains it all. Mostly hung out and cooked some good food. Well, Josh did dinner for two of the three nights we were there. Stir fry the first night and then we had this awesome chicken dish that is made with sour cream and Italian dressing. It was delicious. Definitely went to the beach a ...

... card for my new video camera, plus a hands free ear piece for my phone, Lona was off looking at bags at the time.

We met Todd for lunch at Steak & Shake, an upmarket McDonalds, with waiter service and really fancy milkshakes.

This evening was our last with our host Jay who is flying to New York with his family for the weekend to catch up with his brother who is living up there at the moment.

Lona did Tuna Pasta for dinner ...

... with the promise of an early sale, fingers crossed. Very strange ride up the Interstate at 70/75 mph with no helmet, something that probably won't ever happen again.

Went back to Erin the hostesses house for coffee and had a great afternoon with her and her husband who was on the wagon and very appreciative of having overseas guests and a genuine reason to break out ...

... plus huge tracts of ranch lands where thye Everglades are drained, they are excellent cowboys and successful farmers of not only stock but produce, mostly fruit.

Their community income guarentees the young people free progress through university for those that want it and supports the utilities for the housing as welll as providing fire, and police departments plus schools. A very self sufficient ...

Today we went to find out more about the early years of Florida, Not going into detail here so you will need to Google Henry Flagler to discover all of the facts. However you will get some idea of the wealth in this area 100 years ago by the first three photo's. The house backs onto the Intracoastal Waterway and faces the ocean, the view of the ocean is now ...

... there Gary drove through downtown West Palm Beach to the A1A which runs south along the coast right next to the Atlantic on one side and the Intracoastal Waterway on the other. The winter homes of the rich and famous along this road are just out of this world, no photos of them today but must get some, they are like small Italian or Spanish hotels. Most on the right Waterway side of the road have beach front "cabins ...

We spent today Sunday with friends of Gary & Todd, Carole Gray and children Chloe 22 Clinton 19 and Dillon 13 in their Bayliner speedboat. From Jupiter inlet we wound our way through the waterways to the Intracoastal Waterway which runs up the Florida East coast. There are some significant sandbanks in this part of the Waterway and the locals anchor their boats on the sandbanks and proceed to party.

We ...

... was okay. He told me that he "completely understood the hassles of trying to find a place, and spending too much money", so that if he "could help someone else, he was happy to do so". He also told me that he "works from early in the morning until late at night, so it wasn't as if I was going to be in his way" (his words, not mine). I ended my night with a Seybrew and a (quickly-melting) chocolate candy bar. Another great day...

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... shoes and a glamourous dress. To mkae use of these items we booked ourselves a Christmas dinner in an upmarket restaurant. We bought some alcohol for the big day too. We kept reminding ourselves that it was Christmas Eve but when you're walking about in shirt sleeves at 10 at night it doesn't quite feel right. We spent Christmas Eve in a tasty French Creperie with some laid back music to send us home to a peaceful sleep. Saturday 25th December, South ...