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Sauna Another hot tub Volunteers Berthold and Hen Views from the cottages New Hammocks and poolside pillows Here are just some extra pictures to show how nice everything looks Precipation 1997 - 2007 Our cleaning ladies More Hot Tubs New signs Troy's half-brother Beau visits Tom's vegetable garden Two new volunteers Improved solar shower system Land art Dylan Renovation Cabins Welcome Dylan Tristan Passes away Tree Frog gets a facelift Volunteers stay another half year. Hummingbird Rescue! News from the Garden. Baby Pool Man's Best Friend... Natural swimming pool Sweat Lodge Rijsttafel |
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| The Sauna. June, 2008 Steve McDougall from Sauna Kits in Canada and his friend David Pillon visited us in mid-June to install the new sauna. They were, as you can expect from professionals, done in a day and a half and it looks lovely. Now you can enjoy the sauna, alternate between the cold tub or the swimming pool and the hot tub, and start all over again. And all of that in the middle of nature at the edge of the rainforest!  
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| Another hot tub. May, 2008 As promised the hot tub for the Blue Tang is now available. Only the cover still needs to be decorated, but Tom and Mardji did a marvelous job building the stone wall and the deck. When the Heliconias and Ginger plants are fully grown it will be very private, and that won't take long. |
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| Volunteers Berthold and Hen. May, 2008 Berthold and Hen are back for annual maintenance and the greenery of the ecolodge gets a badly needed trim, resulting in more light and sun and less humidity in the cottages. Great job again Berthold and Hen!  |
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| Views from the cottages. May, 2008 Our guests are often inquiring about the view from the cottages when they are making a reservation. Berthold and Hen created some extra views and here are the results:  View from the Blue Tang  View from the Anolis  View from Turtle  View from Tropic Bird |
 View from the Tree Frog.  View from the Mt. Scenery Cottage  View from Tree Fern |
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| New Hammocks and poolside pillows. May, 2008 We bought some extra hammocks and new chaise cushions for the lounge chairs at the pool deck. Just to make our guests even happier.  |
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Here are just some extra pictures to show how nice everything looks. May, 2008 Sign Herb Garden  Herb garden Entrance covered with Passion Fruit |
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| Precipation 1997 - 2007. May, 2008 Tom has been monitoring rainfall for the last 10 years and this will give our guests a better idea about the dry and wet season. Just bear in mind that these figures are averages and that there is a lot of variation from one year to the next. 
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| Our cleaning ladies. May, 2008 Doris and Lina are doing a great job and they look very good too.  Doris |
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| More Hot Tubs. February 10, 2008 Due to the great interest in the cottages with a hot tub, we decided to add a hot tub to the Hummingbird Cottage. Also the decorations of the cottage were refreshed. The cottage looks now even more lovely and the first guests sleeping there, Lawrence Roy and his wife, told us that they really enjoyed the hot tub at night while watching the stars. At this moment Tom is working on a hot tub for the Blue Tang cottage. This hot tub will not be on the deck but just in front of the cottage in the middle of nature. We will let you know as soon as the project is accomplished.  |
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| New signs. November 16, 2007 New signs were installed because some guests were still having trouble finding the Ecolodge. And with Heleen's artistic touch they look good too! They include signs along the main road, so that even dummies should be able to find the Ecolodge now.  |
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| Troy's half-brother Beau visits. November 16, 2007 Troy's half-brother Beau visited the Ecolodge today for the first time. It was great fun, greeting the guests, running around the garden and, of course, swimming in the fish pond. Beau just needs a little help getting out of the pond again. Since Beau's fur looks a bit fuzzy, you don't really notice that he's wet and dirty while checking out the vegetable garden. We can always clean him up in Dylan's bath in the evening.  |
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Tom's vegetable garden |
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Two new volunteers |
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Improved solar shower system |
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Land art |
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Dylan |
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Renovation Cabins.
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| Tristan
Passes away June 7, 2006. Sad news. Tristan the hummingbird died. We are so sorry, as he did so well! Tree Frog gets a facelift June 7, 2006. At this moment we are busy renovating the Tree Frog Cottage. The cottage got a new toilet as the waterless composting toilet has been replaced by a flush water toilet with an outdoor composter. Also the colors have been changed as the light colors seemed to attract a lot of mildew. The neon lights are being replace with 12V 4 Watt lights that lasts longer than the old ones and give more light. We are recycling juice bottles for lampshades. The results will be stunning! |
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| The Flight of
the hummingbird May
7, 2006 Hummingbird Tristan did make his first flight. He is still drinking sugar-water and saves what he can’t use right away in pockets in his throat. We really have to be careful not to feed him too much because his little necks really swells and gets transparent. he's a brave little guy and is so tame that he regularly keeps our guests company in the restaurant. |
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| Volunteers
stay another half year. May
7, 2006 Huib, Sanna and Tijl decided to stay another half year as volunteers at the ecolodge. You will notice that they are as happy as we are about this extension when you have a look at their website http://huibsannatijl.blogspot.com/.  |
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| Hummingbird
Rescue! May
3rd 2006 Saint Eustatius archeologist Tristan Abbott found a deserted hummingbird- baby on the Mountainroad. He took the bird to his cottage at the ecolodge and started to feed the little critter sugar-water every half hour. As Tristan had to head back to Statia he left his baby to the care of the staff of the ecolodge. We can inform you that little "Tristan" is very much alive. On the picture you can see Tom feeding him some sugar-water from a teaspoon. |
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News
from the Garden. Kathy and Heleen decided that it would be a pity to throw all the tomatoes
that couldn’t be used in the restaurant away. They prepared a pasta
sauce and a Tomato marmelade. The Tomato Marmalade is so delicious that
we can’t resist to give you the recipe. Cut the tomatoes in little pieces. Slice oranges and lemons very thin and quarter the slices. Pour off juice from the tomatoes. Add sugar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add oranges, lemons, and spices which have been tied loosely in cheesecloth bag. Place mixture over high heat and boil rapidly, stirring often. Cook until clear and thick (about 50 minutes). Pour into sterilized jars. Keep after cooling in refrigerator. |
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The lettuce is also doing well
as well as the cucumbers and the sweet peppers. That promises us fresh
garden salads for the restaurant. |
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The garden is getting more colorful with
all kinds of flowers. The Red Heliconia is blooming in front of the Heliconia
Cottage and also the Passion Fruit vine is in full bloom. We are looking
forward to the juice and ice-cream that we are planning to make from the
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For the Indonesian Rice Table we have a lot of Madam Jeannette peppers. These are the hottest peppers that we know. We put them in the blender with vinegar to prepare the spicy sambal. Kathy took care of the Nasturtiuns for the salads. Below is a picture of the flowers in front of her Saban Cottage. We hope that she will be as successful at growing Stevia.
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 Madam Jeannette Peppers. |
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Just some more pictures of the beautiful
garden: Dill, Glory Bush, and Hanging Heliconia. |
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Baby
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