Sister act

We had a busy visiting schedule the first few months in paradise.This time it were Willemein (Anne's sister) and Raphael.Willemein highly pregnant, so not too much sun and little swimming/snorkeling. But a holiday just to relax and enjoy the good things in life........ sleeping and eating.... and sleeping again....and euh...eating .So every morning after they dropped us of at work (yes we still call it work..), they returned home to have breakfast in the morning sun on our terrace, followed by a deserved nap, followed by lunch at our terrace again...On our day of, we went the four of us to Bugaloos on the beach, to try the local varieties of Conch (big...big... sea snail) Fried, stir fried, cooked.... very nice, very snail...Raphael had one day of diving with us, but as you can see on the picture, the sea was a bit rough that day. Willemein who came on the boat to make sure I brought Raphael back from the dive, had slight trouble with the 'motion of the ocean'. Luckily she was alive again just in time for a splendid diner at Bay Bistro that night.All in all a perfect Holiday in paradise, lots of sun, beach and good food.

Wherever we go

Wherever we go on this 'blue planet' there is always a steady group of visitors!Last years in Malta, we had a big number of friends and family stay or at least dive with us.This time we made it a little bit more difficult, moving from around 3 hours flying time to over 7 hours...But even here we can welcome numerous visitors.First to break the 'silence' was Lennaert, shortly joined by Neeltje.Lennaert enjoyed numerous dives, with and without us, and could start experimenting with his new underwater camera housing and of course his new diving computer! While Neeltje had a try in conquering the deep. Their visit was concluded with an excellent meal at Grace’s Cottage, one of the more up-class restaurants on the Island.(Thx !!!)The pictures are all by Len or Neeltje with or without the underwater housing, and edited by me …

Culinary highlight

2005-03-01 After Lennaert and Neeltje, it was time to welcome Martijn en Simone. They were ready for a relaxing holiday after hard work back in freezing Holland.Lucky for us they are both very skilful cooks, so almost every night and during our days of, the whole day, they would surprise us with all delicious homemade dishes, and in-between snacks.Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!We felt very spoiled!!! Both enjoyed the Turks beaches, our 'seaview' balcony, the snorkeling at Smith's Reef, and the oppertunity to dive from the Dive Provo boats (our employer). And we had a nice day exploring the mangoves and Iguana island by sea-kayak.And they could not leave the Island, before visiting the Conch Farm, were they breed conch for consumption, and tast different ways to cook conch at Bugaloos. Were they are keeping their conch fresh, by keeping them in a pen just of the beach. So if you order a conch dish, the chef, first has to get wet, before he can start to cook.The pictures are mostly Martijn en Simones, edited by... meThanks again for all your cooking, cleaning and making our lives very luxurious for a few weeks!