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| Posted On: | 19-Jun-2005 |
| From: | Shirley Rick [rickx.....net] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] Safety, money, and Parrott Tree |
CBeachInn.....com wrote: > Money? > Exchanges as something like 18.86 Lempiras for one US dollar. Now > that you > know this you can use your dollars and know you've got the right > change, eh? > That is if they have change. Be more worried about having small > bills 'cause > few places have change--than about what kind of bills they are and > you'll do > fine. Dollars are accepted everywhere--and most places come pretty > close to > the bank rate of exchange here. Don't go to the bank for > exchange--will take > hours and is a waste of time. We'll ALL take dollars--most of us > prefer them! > > Safety? > Without getting on a HUGE soapbox, I'm really tired of hearing about > this. > Here posting today on this list we have a guest coming to Roatan who is > worried about safety at Parrot Tree to go to the Shrimp Festival? As > anyone who > lives here knows, this is NOT a problem. But when so much is made of the > safety issue, people coming here haven't a clue where is and isn't > safe and start > jumping at shadows in the dairy aisle of Eldons when a guard watching > for > shoplifters walks by. Not to say that safety and fighting crime > isn't an > important issue--here as it is everywhere--just that I think there's > been too much > posted on the subject lately and not enough posted about other things. > > Have we forgotten? > How pretty the sunset is when you drive down the mountaintop road headed > east? Or when sitting on the beach in West Bay? > > How friendly the island is--how if you get a flat someone will stop to > help > you on the side of the road--often before you can even get out of > your car? > (My son-in law with car trouble--a visitor here--was given a long > ride home > the other day by an islander who shall remain nameless--but who > would've never > considered doing anything else.) > > How an awesome ocean view hilltop here still costs less that a tract lot > stateside? > > How phenomenally tasty the Wasabi shrimp is at Dian's--the eggs rolls > at The > Vietnamese--or the conch fritters are at Lighthouse? > > How you can get a great ocean front, a/c room in a nice neighborhood > here > for $60 --or a house for under $100? Or how you can sit by the beach > with a > beer in a dozen places for a couple of bucks? > > Dive an awesome reef for $25? Snorkel from shore tons of spots? In what > other world?!? > > How the wild parrots are in the trees are jabbering this morning--the > water > is clear and blue--the sun is shining. > > How the reef sparkles and the sea fans wave--JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE! > > So I must ask you--all of you--Is it all REALLY so bad here? > > In short, have some of us forgotten to pay much attention to what we > have? > > Ok so it's human nature to NEVER be satisfied. > > But, really, can't we be a bit less negative and a bit more attentive to > what IS good about our home? > > Noticed the full moon lately? Done it to music? Tried dancing with > someone > you care about while you watch? > > Living in paradise is NOT about a place--it's about YOU -- and how YOU > decide to live your life. Be it here---or ANYWHERE you go! > > Really living also requires you do it NOW--not after you get the deck > water > sealed. > > Isn't this what we all came here for? > > Ok, so some will call me shallow--say I'm being silly--or even worse > just > rampantly promoting Roatan for my own gain. Have at it! In the end > I'll still > have a better day when the sun sets at the end of it, eh? > > Maybe at least try a day to post the "ups"--another for the "downs" of > island life? > > Because the new folks coming here don't understand--and--quite > frankly--neither do I. > > As always, we hope this helps! > > (Sorry, I guess I got on that soapbox after all) > > Waylon and Sandy Sims > _Coral Beach Inn and Vacation Rentals_ > (http://members.aol.com/athundersm/photos.htm) > > _http://coralbeachinn.com_ (http://coralbeachinn.com/) > > Growing old is mandatory--Growing up is optional! > Note: Please never assume we have received your message. We answer ALL > E-mail daily. > > > Waylon and Sandy Sims > _Coral Beach Inn and Vacation Rentals_ > (http://members.aol.com/athundersm/photos.htm) > > _http://coralbeachinn.com_ (http://coralbeachinn.com/) > > Growing old is mandatory--Growing up is optional! > Note: Please never assume we have received your message. We answer ALL > E-mail daily. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------ > > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ > > * > roatan- > > > * the Yahoo! Terms of > Service . > > Amen!!! I for one don't always agree with you but on this one you are right on! http://www.roatanet.com To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ roatan- : | |
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