After quite a few tasty margheritas and a late 1am turn-in, Snowman awoke at 7:30am and went down to reserve shady hut #41. He then came back to bed, where we debated whether to get up and eat, or get up and work out in the fitness center, or just go back to sleep. I fully intended to get up and go run on the treadmill, but instead promptly fell back to sleep and woke up at 10:30! So much for an early start to the day!
We went down to the hut, had some lunch, read and relaxed, and enjoyed one more swim in the ocean. After a few hours, I was getting a bit antsy, so Snowman good naturedly humored me, and off we went, walking down the strip in search of Bubali Bird Sanctuary. We asked directions from a nice Westin attendant, who sent us in the direction of the Butterfly Farm. We figured since we were walking right by, we would stop in and check it out. A bit expensive, but really neat. They've created a protected butterfly sanctuary and boy, were they beautiful! Pretty cool to get such close-up views of so many different kinds of butterflies.
Turns out the sanctuary backs up to the Butterfly Farm, but you have to access it from another road, so off we went. As usual, it was HOT, and I was sweating, even with the nice wind. Oh well. The bird sanctuary was not much more than a covered high bird watching tower at the edge of some marshy land between the roads and hotel area and the beach. Still, we had some good looks at a few cattle egret, one fly-by yellow warbler, one HUGE iguana, many ground doves and grackle, some sort of plover I have yet to identify, and some neat looking ducks. We also saw a brown-throated parakeet on our walk over, talking up a storm in one of the divi divi trees. Neat!
Feeling pretty sweaty but with me still a bit antsy upon our return to the hotel, we enjoyed the AC in the room for a bit and then went for a mellow 3-mile run on the treadmill in the fitness center. Nothing like a bit of exercise to make me feel better!
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