Time to start wrapping things up on Caye Caulker

The last couple days have been spent both collecting more video shots or interviews and still having fun in the process.

I had a really nice complement from one of the residents of the island.  Miss Diane, who has a little stand at the corner of the street saw me and said she had to do a double take as she thought I was local.  Miss Diane, Miss Bunny (tour guide for EZ Tours), and Miss Mary (the cleaning person at Sandy Lane) have become my girlfriends/confidants’ to fill a void that I miss from home.  We’ve had some pretty darn good girl talks.

I’ve taken multiple shots of the Mangrove all over the place and Miss Bunny explained quite well the story of the Mangrove that I hope to post in the future.

That afternoon, I took Jamar swimming and while we were there Miss Mary and her youngest son was there as will as Mary’s niece and her son.  Ironically, all three boys are around the same age so they had a pretty fun afternoon of playing while we women sat under the shade and watched the multiple people pass to and from the split and just talked about each other’s lives.

I did a lot of walking around the island with camera in hand of course and recording whatever I deemed picturesque shots that may be used at a later time.  I wanted to wrap up conversations with Nelson Young and stopped by on Friday.  His friend, Johann Lopez was there painting.  I took the opportunity to get an interview with him and how he got to know Nelson.  Johann is a very talented artist as well.

Tomorrow I will wrap up my interviewing with Mr. Young and hopefully Nicole, his girlfriend too. 

Then it’s time to start thinking of packing it up as I will leave on Tuesday.  As I think of that process I will definitely be expressing my thoughts on this whole journey and what this country has given to me in the many experiences gained that will be remembered forever!