Last year I did a pretty good job getting photos of all the buildings on Palmyra, but I failed to take any of the shower/laundry room. In this building they do our wash for us 6 days a week. This allows one to live with just 3 t-shirts and always have a clean one to wear. Below is a shot showing the laundry facilities with the clean cloths lined up for people to come by and pick up.
clean cloths waiting to be picked up from the laundry
Across from the laundry there are 5 shower stalls with sinks as can be seen below. Today Paul, Sabina, and I are on clean-up duty. This means after breakfast we will be cleaning the laundry/shower area and the four toilets. We also help clean up the kitchen after dinner.
showers cubicles
Last night we had a delicious meal of freshly caught fish. Some of the fish was served sashimi style, and for those of us who have dissected enough fish and seen the nematodes and other parasites, a cooked version of the fish was also served. Also for dinner was a fresh spinach salad with crumbled gorgonzola cheese, strawberries, and pecans. There were fried potatoes and green beans too. Yum. It was topped off with a "donor" dessert. At first it didn't register with me what this meant. It turns out these were desserts usually served when donors to The Nature Conservancy were brought to the island. This year they didn't bring the usual group of donors out during the "off season" when the scruffy scientists aren't around. Below are the chocolate and lime desserts we had. The chocolate was wonderful, and I hope to eat one of the left over lime ones tomorrow. Thanks Katie!!
chocolate "donor" dessert
lime "donor" dessert
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