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Beautiful Rincón: Tres Palmas Peace

A classic shot I took from Facebook. I wish I knew who the photographer was to give credit.

Our favorite drive in Rincón is around the point and down through Tres Palmas. Often there are cows and donkeys peacefully enjoying the field with tall coconut palm trees swaying in the distance. And when the waves are up, it’s a great place to scope them out as they crash and send salt spray to aromatize the air. Every time we drive past there or stop to go to Steps Beach I remind myself what a magically gorgeous place this is and how fortunate we are to live here. I think nearly all of us here in Rincón hope that this piece of land stays just as it is. For cows – not condos!

Checking out Tres Palmas from the road

Ripples and fronds

The cows are pretty friendly and docile

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Ombak Bikini Bash at Villa Playa María

Lizard Internet / Mango Wireless

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Our normal morning routine is to wake up, make some coffee and zone out on the internet for a bit until we start our daily do-ings. Lately however our internet setup hasn’t been working!! So my routine started to include walking over to the other side of the property and checking out our wireless bridge.

I can usually check segments of our network from the cabin, but lately the cabin has been completely cut off!

Climbing the Pole
The higher the wireless router inside this little box on the utility pole, the better signal we get from our neighbor’s router that we share with.

The Problem

Pretty much every day there is rat poop on top of the box, with some leftover parcha or starfruit. So I know the rats have been hanging out on top of the box. But these wires are inside of the cage I built! They can’t be getting inside?!

Another Possible Hacker

I saw this one on top of the goods one day too. But again, it is waayyyy too large to get into the box and be able to chew the wires up! So probably not the one I am looking for.

It wasn’t until the other day I finally saw the culprit!

Ah Ha!!! (click to enlarge)

There has been a small lizard living inside the box and eating the cables every night! The power cables are pretty chewed up but power cables shock them once they eat all the insulation, so he stops. With the Ethernet cables however, he just chews right thru them.

I’ve mended the Ethernet cable probably 5 or 6 times now. I covered it in some really thick waterproofing tape and that seems to be working for the moment. I also will be hunting this little pest. He is fast and I found myself chasing him with a stick the other day! It was really quite humorous.

The other idea I had was to electrify the wire cage so that it isn’t such a nice spot for critters to sit and hang out. I don’t think it will take much to do, but something I’ll have to figure out! Maybe in the next revision?!

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Domes Beach and El Faro Park Photoshoot

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This time of year, it is just so gorgeous out. There is less humidity so the visibility is perfect. The ocean seems bluer than normal and you can see Desecheo very clearly. The waves are also starting to come in and so there are more tourists and surfers in town. We took the opportunity to go out and take some photos and video of our beautiful and beloved corner of paradise. We have been developing an interest in photography, modeling and videography and our skills are improving. Hope you enjoy.

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