It was a rude awakening, the alarm clock, but despite the early morning hour we were so excited to get the day started. We’d left cold, snowy Montana yesterday morning arriving at Houston just after midnight. Crashing at the pricey airport hotel seemed like a good idea last night since we were so tired, and this morning it again proved …

We slept soundly in our thatched cabana, but woke long before our alarm clock was set to go off as the jungle sounds coming to life were a more effective way to wake. We were so excited for this day – ATM cave! We donned our sneakers and with a quick brush of the teeth and hair we were out the door. We met Hector who would be our guide for …

Our bodies seemed to be adjusting to the rhythm of going to bed with the dark and rising early - similar to the other residents of the jungle around us. We had spotted a small lizard living in our roof the night before, and he serenaded us awake this morning. After a hearty breakfast swapping bug stories with our fellow guests, we were excited …

Another early morning, this time it didn’t even seem early as the birds outside our cabana sang us into awareness of another day. Our very early morning breakfast this morning was just the two of us, accompanied by the lanterns and the cheerful sounds of the girls chattering and giggling in the kitchen.

We boarded our van at 7am for our …

Our resident roof lizard sang us awake this morning. The jungle seemed especially energized after the storm of last night, and unfortunately half of the insect population seemed to decide that our bathroom was the best place to start their new day. Im definitely learning to overcome my squeamishness of oversized insects!

We finished packing our …

I woke several times in the night listening to the rain and wind howl outside our door. Our room was located on the second floor on the corner overlooking the ocean, so there was nothing to break the storm coming in off the ocean. It was so cozy to snuggle in and listen to the storm rage against the building. The SunBreeze hotel holds one of the …

Another lazy morning. We had purchased juice and bagels at the market the day before and stashed them in the room refrigerator, so we enjoyed a lazy breakfast on our balcony overlooking the ocean. The staff at the SunBreeze gave us a golf-cart tour of San Pedro en route to a visit to their sister property north of town this morning, and after …

A seriously lazy day. This was our last full day on the island, and our thoughts started turning towards home. We slept in, enjoyed another leisurely breakfast down at the Blue Water Grill (with more glasses of lime juice!) before heading out to stroll the beach again. We decided to forgo our plans to kayak this day and instead lazed the day away …

We woke early and I looked outside in time to see the sun peeking over the Caribbean right outside our door. We were soon ready to check out, and headed directly across the street from the lobby and into the airstrip terminal. We waited for our 7am Tropic Air mini-flight back to the mainland, watching fish swim in a huge aquarium remembering how …