Jan 10th
When I got up this morning I went for a walk on the beach.
I was up a little too late to see the sunrise but it was quite
beautiful this morning anyway. After having breakfast
Lareena, Kate and I played soccer for a little bit with one kid
on the beach. We didn’t play long as it was pretty hot.
Lareena and I went out to the beach and swam for a little as
no one else wanted to go swimming. But we couldn’t stay long
and then had to get out and leave for the next hotel, back to
Lakka and the hard rock. A little while after we got there Tom,
Kate and I went for a swim. I like the beach at Sussex better
because it doesn’t get deep quickly. Here the beach drops
quickly and gets deep fast. After our swim we came back up
to the hotel to have lunch. Lunch was red snapper, the whole
entire fish. It was really creepy that it was staring at me so I
covered it’s face with a tissue. It was really good, which
surprised me since I don’t generally like fish. After lunch we
went back out to swim and this time everyone came along. It
was a lot of fun. After our swim we walked down to see a
new hotel place called the Villa Blanc. Tom and Karen are
always looking for new places to take people because most
of the hotels at the beach are pretty small and easily fill up.
After we returned from the Villa Blanca I stayed on the
beach and played with some kids, even spending a little
time teaching an African to swim (Rueben). It wasn’t so
much that he couldn’t do it but that he panics and sinks. I got
a beautiful sunset shot, and for dinner I had barracuda, had a
little lobster and even tried some shrimp. All of which was
good. I’m sad to be leaving in the morning because I’ve quite
enjoyed becoming friends with George and I’ll not likely see
him again for a while if at all. George had to stay up till 4am
watching the generator and since I wasn’t feeling very tired I
stayed up and talked to him till then. But I need to get some
sleep so good night.

Blessings from Lakka
Ryan Brooks