16 more days in paradise, part one

[linne]

Amazing pictures as usual. And what a view you had from the villa. So beautiful.

Looking forward to read more.

Linne

[SusanNJ]

Yay!! Your trip report has begun. Always enjoy reading your reports and your pictures. Those fish tacos look awesome!

[sea-nile]

Great report! You saw a sunset! Was it the only one of the trip? We didn't see one.
Great pictures too!

[JSL]

Loving your reports and photos!

Looking forward to reading and seeing more

[AnyTing]

What is in the glass in the photo following the panini? Looks YUM!

[Gromit]

"Villaxing" -- love that word!

As usual the foodie shots are amazing as are the underwater pics!!

Can't wait for the second installment!

[STX lady]

So, give it up.......what IS the camera(s) you're using? You are a fantastic photographer!!!!!

Waiting on the edge for STX in Oct...

[Kentuckygirl]

Your reports always make me hungry! I'm going to have to try Spyglass, both for the food and the view. Looking forward to your next installment!

[liamsaunt]

sea-nile, we only saw two sunsets--the tail end one that we saw right when we got to the house, and then that last sunset I posted a picture of. And that last one was kind of hazy.

Vicki, that is a raspberry granita. Basically a bag of raspberries blended up with lots of ice and some tequila and then refrozen and scraped into the glass. It's half a dessert, half a drink.

Underwater photos were taken either with the Canon D10 or the Canon sd800 with housing (they don't make this camera anymore). I was very happy with the picture quality from the D10, and I especially liked that you could see the viewfinder underwater. John and I both had a D10 and his flooded on day five of our trip, which was a bummer, but I am hoping Canon will replace or repair it. Mine stayed watertight for the entire trip.

[STX lady]

Thanks for the camera info. Knew it HAD to be a Canon! My Canon PowerShot G3 from 2003 got full of island sand, and Saharaha dust from the tradewinds in STX.

Again great photography!!!

[Pickle]

Awesome report as always! Love the sunset shots... made me realize that I kind of miss a villa with sunset views. We haven't stayed at any of those for a while now. Can't believe the sunset on day 4 was the last sunset for you there.

Glad to know that at least your D10 didn't leak. Hope Canon will replace John's. Oh, I have a question - when his D10 flooded, did the memory card survive?

Great underwater shots - again, as always!

[Nancy_B]

It feels like Christmas! Becky's trip report is here.

Thank you!

Just opened the forum to peruse while I ate my lunch and found this. Again, thank you! Great photos - love the food porn.

Look forward to hearing more of your adventures.

[liamsaunt]

Pickle, no we lost the memory card too. The camera completely flooded, and I mean completely. There was water almost all the way up to the top of the viewfinder. But it happened almost right away and the card was empty before the snorkel when it happened so he only lost a couple of pictures. I was so happy that I had been downloading all of our photos to my laptop every night. If I had lost five days of John's pictures I would have been VERY upset. WAY more upset than losing the actual camera.

[bayer40601]

Great photos and great report Becky. Look forward to the next installment.

[Rachelle & Joe]

Such Beautiful photo's ! Great villa & View !! Sorry to hear abouth camera, thank goodness the card was not full !!!!!! that would of been so painful