still on the island

nothing too epic has happened since the last time i've posted.

we've made a habit of starting our day on a lazy beach. well, perhaps this beach itself is pretty epic - it's one of the rare places in this entire country that isn't covered, infested even, with tourists. every single hostel, guesthouse, treehouse, hotel, resort, and cottage on the island is fully booked, yet we managed to stumble upon this one deserted beach...
scooting around the island, i spotted a long winding staircase from the road which led to a nice looking beach... after sean pulled a u-turn we checked it out to find a misteriously empty, yet meticulously landscaped beach. surrounded by a 2-foot tall wall of stone and concrete, with bandas and an amazing deck with lounging chairs... the place looks like your standard picture from a spoilt-rich person's beach vacation. and is much more lonely than Lonely Beach just a few clicks north.

after chilling (of burning, more like) at this deserted spot, we decided to checkout a waterfall - eight dollars admission, no fun - and it turned out to be worth every penny. not the waterfall itself, really, but the fact that every fun person on the island seemed to be congregated at this one point. and that there was a very deep, very cold, rocky basin at the foot of the falls, where everyone jumped in and swam around. and the fact that there was a 500m walk through the jungle to get htere. granted, it was a proper path that had been trampeled by many tourists, but it was still very much worth it, as there are few other places to trek through jungles.

we also found an amazing restaurant, that is impossible to describe other than through pictures. oh, by the way, sean posted pictures of our trip so far (not this exact restaurant, though, we're working on that).
nadine and byron - and anyone else really- feel free to add sean (capstick) on facebook so that you can see the pictures :)... if you're not his 'friend' already, even though truly you are

we're running away to get some food in our bellies,
miss you all,

and thanks for the responses, it's great to hear from all of you!
i hope from the depths of my hearth that i get a chance to travel with all of you