Just Another Day at the Beach

Most of our weekend days are spent at a beach. Although the monotony of going to the beach gets to me at times, it's still a pretty great way to spend the day. The other weekend our friend hosted a birthday beach day at a beautiful spot I had never been to before. It is amazing that after 18 months of living on this little island we still find new places to go to. The tiny village of Amalau is surrounded by the National Park, and apparently the head of the village passed up the opportunity to lease his land to the Park Service in hopes of one day building a resort for all the tourists (hmm, considering we get about 30 tourists a year on this island that stay longer than the 4 hours allowed by the cruise boats, I'm pretty sure we won't be seeing Resort Amalau anytime soon).

Paul and the dive crew went for a dive. The rest of the day was spent playing in the waves, snorkeling, kayaking, getting competitive over some badminton, and grilling out. The highlight of this beach for Emma was the rope swing over the stream.