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Nice place to read a new Lanyon :)
Bonaire, Pink Beach
Sylvia wrote: "Nice place to read a new Lanyon :)Bonaire, Pink Beach"
Woah! That's gorgeous!!
My favorite picnic and reading spot on the island. Picture a bottle of cold bubbly wine, french bread, tapenade and a good book :D
Oh, I want to be there! Nothing but melting snow and mud here. Bleh.
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Bonaire, Pink Beach"
OH! We are enjoying THAT location, for sure!
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LOVELY
Sylvia wrote: "Nice place to read a new Lanyon :)Bonaire, Pink Beach"
Nice place indeed!
Sylvia wrote: "Nice place to read a new Lanyon :)Bonaire, Pink Beach"
It makes me dream...
Sylvia wrote: "Nice place to read a new Lanyon :)Bonaire, Pink Beach"
Oh, my gosh! What a beautiful picture!
It is a wonderful place. When we sit in the shade of the palm trees, we call it our Luxaflex. Today I came back home to a snowy Holland...
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Well, maybe it makes you appreciate the snow more?
No? ;-D
LOL! I like looking at snow. As long as I don't have to be in it :)
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Walking back to our hotel.
Lovely. Looks like a daily celebration. Thanks for sharing, Karen. I Spy-- Love the Shades! ;)
Karen wrote: "A short 4-day tango-related (husband DJing) trip to San Miguel de Allende. I Spy on the patio in front of our room. "This post is almost the definition of cooool - tango, DJing, Mexico, and I Spy with wonderful shades on the cover!
Karen wrote: "A short 4-day tango-related (husband DJing) trip to San Miguel de Allende. I Spy on the patio in front of our room. Walking back to our hotel.
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So beautiful! I love European towns. Must visit there one day. :)
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It seems that I Spy has been traveling a lot lately... and it also seems that Sylvia's favorite reading spot while on holiday looks a lot like my favorite reading spot for the last couple of weeks... ;)
Maldives, Lhaviyani atoll, Kuredu island. Do you spy Josh's book?
And here is another pic with I Spy (and hubby's The Twelve) in it. Wajeeh, our friendly room boy, surprised us one night by creating a super romantic bed decoration for us. When we returned to the villa after diner, we almost turned back from the door, because we both thought that we'd entered the wrong villa. It was such a shame to disassemble the heart and the flowers — I almost prepared to sleep on the floor that night. ;)
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And I'm sure that Josh would have enjoyed the ocean wave "soundtrack" playing 24/7. We were living in a villa build above the ocean and even when lying in bed about to fall in sleep I could hear the soothing sound of waves underneath me. So sweet. :)
So, it turned out that while I was traveling around for years, all that time there was this tiny, only 1,5 kilometers long island in the Indian Ocean that turned out to be the perfect place for relaxation. I think it's useless to say that I fell head over heals in love with Kuredu, it's white sands and the amazing turquoise ocean around it. The water was so clear that it felt like swimming in a gigantic aquarium. Too bad I can't post all the 1500 photos we took underneath the surface. *grin* 'Cause I do have a lot of wonderful pics of those sting rays, turtles and sharks! ;)
We didn't have internet access, but I did think about you guys occasionally. And here is the proof of it (the text inside the heart says JOSH'S GR GROUP).
Awww, that's so sweet! 
And those lovely pictures! Looks like you've had a good time. Maybe having no internet access had something to do with the relaxation factor, too?
Welcome back, Johanna!
Hj wrote: "This post is almost the definition of cooool - tango, DJing, Mexico, and I Spy with wonderful shades on the cover! "I second this: very cool, Karen!
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This little guy is Tim (or that's what we started calling him after he'd payed us a few visits). He is a beautiful black tip reef shark baby — a "friendly" shark. :) He practiced swimming in currents beside our villa every day and kept the smaller fish on their toes (well, that doesn't sound right, now does it).
Here is Tim with some other fish. He really was tiny, just about two feet long I think:
Even though we knew that the sharks were not aggressive it was quite impressive to see the bigger ones swim by while we where snorkeling. And you should have seen hubby's face, when he went out to the terrace the first morning and a shark longer than him swam underneath the terrace. :) Can't say I wasn't a bit surprised either. It's another thing to know that there are a lot of sharks around that to see one with your own eyes. ;)
Karen wrote: "A short 4-day tango-related (husband DJing) trip to San Miguel de Allende. I Spy on the patio in front of our room. Walking back to our hotel.
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Looks wonderful! I would love to go on a Tango dance class holiday sometimes :)
Johanna wrote: "Only a couple of shark pics, maybe? (Because I promised Hj.)This little guy is Tim (or that's what we started calling him after he'd payed us a few visits). He is a beautiful black tip reef sha..."
Wow, I'm impressed, how brave to snorkel between sharks. Knowing that those particular sharks aren't dangerous is not the same as feeling it :) It looks like you had a great time on that beautiful island.
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Definitely! We came home yesterday and I still haven't dared to read my emails... I'm saving it for tomorrow. ;)
There actually was three spots on the island with the Wi-Fi, but after hubby once walked to one of them to read his emails and came back surly, we decided to NOT to use Wi-Fi again. I don't think I've been without internet for two weeks before. At first it felt weird, but after the first shock it felt wonderful, very liberating. So yes, you are absolutely right. This had a lot to do with the high relaxation factor for both of us! :)
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It actually wasn't the sharks I was most worried about, but the sting rays. Those things were huge with their long tails and scary looking stings and they dug themselves in the sand on the seafloor. The sharks, those you saw coming and going, but if you would accidentally step on the sting ray or snorkel right above him in the shallow water it would have pissed the ray off and he could have easily killed you with his sting.
What lovely pictures Karen and Johanna, thanks for sharing them. I really want to travel now, and in about a week, I shall :)
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It seems that I Spy has been traveling a lot lately... and it also seems that Sylvia's favorite reading spot while on holiday look..."
Welcome back, Johanna! Gorgeous photos, thanks for sharing. We have (erratic, yesterday) internet in our hotel suite (DJ perk). Touring Guanajuato and Dolores today. Loved your sand message.
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Where are you going?
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It seems that I Spy has been traveling a lot lately... and it also seems that Sylvia's favorite reading spot while..."
Oh cool! You are still there! Traveling with the hot DJ... ;) Enjoy, both of you!!!
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I'm so happy for you Anne. What a lovely thing that you'll soon have your vacation.
I love all the pictures. You all have such a beautiful eye!
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Walking back to our hotel.
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Okay. Sometimes I am jealous that my books are having better vacations than I am! :-D
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This post is almost the definition of cooool - tango, DJing, Mex..."
I know! True.
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It seems that I Spy has been traveling a lot lately... and it also seems that Sylvia's favorite reading spot while on holiday look..."
LOL!
That's great. :-D
I love the idea of sleeping on the floor and chairs rather than disturb the arrangement. Imagine the expressions of the faces of the maids when they walked in the next day and found everything undisturbed! ;-D
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Awwwww!!!
We missed you, Johanna!
You and Anne gone at the same time. That was tough!
I am deeply envious of your little island.
I'm thinking more and more that I need to live by water. Imagine hearing the sound of waves every night?
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And those lovely pictures! Looks like you've had a good time. Maybe having no internet access had something to do with the relaxation factor, too?
Welcome back, Johanna!"
I do think there's something to be said for completely unplugging once in a while.
It's hard though!
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This little guy is Tim (or that's what we started calling him after he'd payed us a few visits). He is a beautiful black tip reef sha..."
Gulp. I bet!
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Definitely! We came home yesterday and I still haven't dared to read my emails... I'm saving ..."
It's a great reminder of how life used to be, isn't it? Before cell phones and internet, when you were off the radar, you were really off the radar.
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:-)
You have to take pictures too, Anne.
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It seems that I Spy has been traveling a lot lately... and it also seems that Sylvia's favorite reading spot while..."
This is probably the perfect time for vacations -- I know right about now I start feeling restless and wanting something to happen. But maybe all I want is a change of scenery. And perhaps a delicious dinner with an amazing view?
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Oh yeah. LOL. And speaking about priceless expressions... I don't know what is it with us, but every time we travel one of our books ends up in the ocean. This time that unfortunate book was Harper Fox's The Salisbury Key. Somehow it just slipped from my hand into the ocean while I was reading it on the terrance.
You guys should have seen the expressions on the faces of the French couple next door. First they heard a loud cry when I lost my grip on the book and only a second after that a big SPLASH when I jumped after the book in the water (the ocean was 1,5 meters below me)! I was so fast that the whole book didn't even get thoroughly wet, only the outer sides of the pages!
Anyway, from that moment on we became friends with the couple next door and I think that every time they saw me reading on the terrance they smiled a little. So, who says that books and reading don't connect people. ;)
(And sorry about the fact that these two pictures don't have anything to do with Josh's books...)
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I love that story! Now that is a dedicated reader. :-D
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Walking back to our hotel.
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NOT THAT I'M CRITICIZING. But I don't think the water will quench this book's thirst. Karen, you have to take the book into a pub or a wine bar or something! Think of the book's reputation!
You guys go to seriously cool places!!
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LMAO. This is exactly what I was thinking, because all the previous pictures Karen has posted on this topic have had wine classes with the books. :)
Anyway, I love to see all the patio pictures Karen posts! I can so easily imagine her in them too! And the hot DJ... ;)
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You LIVE in a seriously cool place, Cleon! :)
Johanna wrote: "Cleon wrote: "You guys go to seriously cool places!!"You live in a seriously cool place, Cleon! :)"
Thanks! But some places are exotic UNLESS you live in it. :D
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You live in a seriously cool place, Cleon! :)"
Thanks! But some places are exotic UNLESS you live in it. :D"
True enough. I realize I haven't posted even one snow picture with Josh's book in it, because that doesn't feel even a bit exotic to me. :)
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Exactly! The other books are going to start whispering about this book and saying it has a drinking problem if Karen makes it stick to water!
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I think that's a first. I feel honoured!