Back from Paradise

Back at home and happy to see my doggies and not be sweating 24/7. We really lucked out with the weather, they had some severe thunderstorms on other islands and there was even a fatal sight-seeing helicopter crash because the pilot decided to go up even though it was raining heavily.

Overall it was a great trip, we did pretty much everything we wanted to do and even managed to throw in some relaxation time. However, I have a knack for getting hurt on vacation, and this one was no different.

Our first full day we went snorkeling. I cut my left knee on some coral and whacked my left big toe as well. The nail is now purple on the way to black and I'm sure I will lose it. We kayaked across a bay to get to the good snorkeling area and on the way back I didn't put more sunscreen on my legs. By the time we got back to the car (30 minutes or so), my legs were extremely burned. I could actually feel them burning, like an egg frying. I wanted to cut off my legs and be done with it. So the rest of the trip I was dealing with that. The burn gel you can buy there has lidocaine in it but it wasn't even touching it. I saved the good stuff I had bought in Mexico (with novacaine) for the following day when we did the l-o-n-g hike on the lava beds, with jeans on. By the time we finished the hike I had pretty much lost the will to live. Well, almost. It got better day by day and I thought I was out of the woods and was gonna save some of my tan, but alas that was not meant to be. After a day on the beach on Saturday I got water blisters, then I started to peel, from the top of my feet to the tips of my ears. Sigh. Its not pretty.

Once I get the pics off the laptop and on here I'll post a link.