Staying Cool II

We’ve made intentionally limited use of the mall here as a cooling apparatus in favour fresh fruit drinks, time at the beach and other water-based fun.

Today, however, I had a meeting at the mall to arrange our weekend trip out to Cayos Cochinos so K and I hung out for a while afterwards. He thought he needed some ice cream even after our licuado (milk shake; this time with pineapple and watermelon). I gave him the option of either ice cream or a go on the harnessed-into-bungee-cords-over-a-trampoline amusement they had set up. He opted for the trampoline and had a blast!

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We did go to the beach in the evening but the surf was too rough for comfort. Instead, we splurged $10 to swim in the neighboring hotel’s pool. The circle pool was shallow enough for K to jump into and stand up in comfortably. We had one tired little boy on our hands heading home.

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Staying Cool

We’ve had particularly hot temperatures here for this time of year. Being this close to the Caribbean Sea that also means a lot of humidity! We’ve been staying cool with a combination of fresh fruit juices, air conditioning, swimming, finding shade (preferably with a breeze) and …

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