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Days 36-47: What Happens on Roatan…
March 15-26, 2006
Even the lost-in-time days of Roatan have traditional quiet Caribbean evenings. Late in the afternoon the boats are back from the dive sites, the dive shops begin slowly closing, and for a couple of hours it feels like the whole West End has sunk into the belated siesta sleep… But then the night falls, and it's time for The Purple Turtle and the discovery of the Three Biggest Lies of Roatan!
There is a place in West End, right across the street from Tyll's Dive, which is called The Purple Turtle. It only takes a few nights to notice that while all other eating and drinking establishments of West End remain quiet and almost empty, the little Purple Turtle hardly manages to host all the guests. Warning!! Be aware that something truly magical happens as soon as you step inside this place! In our most objective opinion, you are put a spell on, and are doomed to return to The Purple Turtle every night from the first beer on, until the end of your time on Roatan! :) No matter how busy you may think you are reading your homework chapters from the PADI course book, sooner or later in the evening you will find yourself craving that one-beer-break at The Purple Turtle…
The First Biggest Lie of Roatan: I'M HERE FOR JUST ONE BEER.
Many people say they've come to The Purple Turtle for just one beer….
Unfortunately, at The Purple Turtle one-drink policy just doesn't work. Therefore
better come prepared to leave the place very happy some time after the last
call :)
The magic aside, there is one very human factor which keeps people coming back to The Purple Turtle: this is the place to hang out with the most fun people on the island! Nina, the fearless bartender, will get the party started by announcing the "what-would-you-do-for-a-free-shot" contest. Such old-fashioned tricks as flashing are out of the game - be more inventive!! Nina also makes sure that no night at The Purple Turtle is like the other night; therefore, getting a round of free shots for your friends really takes some creativity… You will be pleasantly surprised to witness how inventive people (including yourself!) can get for a free shot :)
If the Mariachi singers show up, you get a chance to see Nina's best-in-town anti-mariachi spray. (Throwing ice cubes normally does the job).
A bit later, in case you have managed to live your life without knowing what a body shot is, Sarah and Kimberly will quickly fix that mistake!
Stick around for another drink or a dance (some of them are called sandwich dances, gotta try that! :)) and the fire people will show up. Those are really, really cool, but be careful as occasionally they set themselves or nearby objects on fire. If Sarah, the dive master from Tyll's, is in the right mood, she will join the fire people for an incredible performance not to be missed! (Check out the video clips below)
Next morning you will most likely come to know The Second Biggest Lie
of Roatan: I NORMALLY DON'T DO THAT.
Yeah… Sure… Excuse accepted, but all West End will enjoy the photos
which tell a slightly different story… :))
And finally, The Third Biggest Lie of Roatan: I AM LEAVING TOMORROW.
When you say this, you may be either lying or not, depending on how many times
you have already tried to leave the island. Two or three failed attempts are
still considered normal :)
There is so much more to Roatan than what we've managed to tell you in this report… Like, for instance, The Major Rule of Roatan, which states that WHAT HAPPENS ON ROATAN STAYS ON ROATAN… which is exactly why we cannot tell you more :)
The Secret Ingredient. Needless to say, neither The Purple Turtle,
nor Tyll's Dive or any other place in West End would be so memorable if not
for the people we met there. Either all the people on Roatan become happier
and friendlier, or we got very lucky to meet some of the nicest people in
the world, and every one of them contributed to the unceasing Roatan blues.
Below are the pictures of the culprits :) If you think these are not informative
enough, check out the new PowerPoint Presentation which you can find on the
Downloads page.
Cick on the pictures to view video
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The Fire People - Video clip, 12Mb
Sokiai su ugnimi - Video klipas, 12Mb |
The hottest chicks on the island - Video clip, 10Mb
Karstosios salos moterys... - Video kilpas, 10Mb |
Ladies, don't worry! There are some hot guys, too! - Video clip, 8Mb
... ir karstasis salos vyras - Video klipas, 8Mb |
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36- 47-oji dienos: Roatano bliuzas
2006 m. kovo 15-26
Net ir laike paskendusios Roatano dienos pasibaigia tradiciskai karibietiskai - ramiu vakaru, ispudingu saulelydziu ir ne tokia ramia naktim… :) Naktys West End'e - tai laikas, kada pamazu isaiskeja trys didziosios Roatano melagystes…
Pirmas didysis Roatano melas: SIVAKAR ATEJAU TIK VIENAM ALAUS. Sio tipo melagius suciupti lengviausia, nes dar nei vienas, uzejes I "Violetinio Vezliuko" bara ("The Purple Turtle Bar & Grill"), esanti tiesiai priesais musu Tyll's Dive nardymo mokykla, is ten nera isejes po vieno alaus :)). "Violetinio Vezliuko" barmene Nina is Austrijos (jau 3 metai Roatane, viena is atvaziavusiu "trumpoms atostogoms" ir nepagydomai uzsikretusi roatanizmu) kiekviena vakara suorganizuoja tokia programa, kad iseiti po vieno alaus paprasciausiai neimanoma! (smulkmenu aprasyti negalime, nes pazeistumem griezciausia Roatano taisykle :)). (Uzuomina Napolieciams - prisiminkite nakti Kaune po Lietuvos rinktines pergales pries JAV - jeigu pasiilgot kazko labai labai panasaus, laikas krautis krepsius I Roatana… :))
Ninos neklausyti nevalia, nes, pirma, tai techniskai nera imanoma - niekas Roatane nekalba garsiau uz Nina; o antra - retai atsiranda drasuolis, isdristantis papriestarauti Ninos vakaro programai. O jei ir atsiranda, tai labai greit dingsta… visiems laikams… (tik nepagalvokit nieko blogo, zmones Roatane be zinios neprapuola :). Jei kas nors "dingsta visiems laikams", tai reiskia, kad paprasciausiai daugiau nebepasirodo "Violetiniame Vezliuke". :)) Kitaip tariant, nesiruosi paklusti Ninos zodziui - nekisk nosies I "Violetini Vezliuka", o jei ikisai - kaltinti gali tik save! :) Kaip gresmingai beskambetu ispejimas apie Nina, "Violetinis Vezliukas" buvo vieta, kur nosiai dazniausiai vos atsirasdavo plyselis, kai tuo metu kiti, daug prasmatnesni West End'o barai, kavines ir restoranai likdavo tylus ir beveik tusti…
Sioje vietoje butina pamineti antra didiji Roatano mela: AS PAPRASTAI TAIP NESIELGIU. Sio tipo melagiai isaiskeja mazdaug per savaite - septynis rytus is eiles girdint ta pati pasiteisinima del vakarykscio dalyvavimo "Violetinio Vezliuko" programoje, galima ir siek tiek suabejoti teiginio teisingumu…
Na gerai, nereikia suversti visos kaltes Ninai - "Violetinis Vezliukas" magisku budu pritraukia pacius linksmiausius zmones West End'e. Pavyzdziui, musu objektyviausiu manymu (kiek objektyvumas siuo atveju imanomas :), visisko atsitiktinumo deka mes pataikeme tiesiai I pacia geriausia nardymo mokykla visame Roatane ir pakliuvome I rankas vienam is geriausiu (ir griezciausiu!!) instruktoriu pasaulyje! Jeigu visa Tyll's Dive kompanija - sauniausi zmones saloje - vakarais susirinkdavo I "Violetini Vezliuka"; tai kaip galvojate, kur dar kitur galedavom susirinkti mes? :))
Kad jau prakalbome apie sauniaja Tyll's kompanija, reiktu nors keliais zodziais
apie juos visus papasakoti. Adi - musu nardymo instruktorius is Austrijos,
kazkada metes "nuo 8 iki 5" darba kontoroje del muzikos (su draugu
ikure grupe "Dia Rea", apie kuria daugiau rasysime kitame skyriuje)
ir nardymo, isnardes bemaz visa pasauli ir nerades geresnes vietos uz Roatana.
Sarah - airiu kilmes kanadiete, kelis metus pradirbusi medike kariuomeneje
ir galiausiai nusprendusi tapti nardymo turu vadove ("Dive Master")
- linksmiausias zmogus Tyll'se liudniausiomis pasaulyje akimis. Gregas - dar
vienas turu vadovas is Kanados, didziausias giliojo nardymo gerbejas, dar
vienas atvykes I Roatana "2 savaitems" - tuo metu, kai susipazinom,
buvo bepradedas atgauti realaus laiko pojuti ir kazka minejo apie planus isvykti
is Roatano. Uz dvieju savaiciu, mums isvaziuojant, kaip tik pradejo dirbti
naujoje "nardykloje" :)) Emily - Grego mergina, is pirmo zvilgsnio
pasirodziusi labai tyli ir rami… iki pirmo vakaro "Violetiniam Vezliuke":).
Geroji, paslaugioji Dortee is Danijos ir nuolatos kuo nors nepatenkintas vokietis
Uwe, pasislepes po nuobodaus bambeklio gaubtu ir tyliai laukiantis, kol pastebesi,
kad tikrasis Uwe - visiska priesingybe is po gaubto tave stebinciam niurgzliui
- Tyll's Dive seimininka -vadybininkai. Tongy - simpatiskasis sviesiaplaukis
prancuzas PADI instruktorius, kaip ir Adi, isnardes visa pasauli ir pasilikes
Roatane - mieliausia, svelniausia ir draugiskiausia butybe, kokia zmogus gali
uzaugti. Jimena - grazuole juodaplauke is Salvadoro, irgi nardymo turu vadove,
sudauziusi tikrai ne vieno naro sirdi ir galiausiai neatsispyrusi Tongy kerams.
Kimberly is Kolorado, JAV - menininke, kurianti ivairiausias grozybes is spalvotu
stikliuku, pries 10 metu atradusi dar mazai pasauliui zinoma Roatana, ir nuo
tada bent karta per metus cia sugriztanti - didzioji Roatano sokeja, kurios
"kojytems nuo tekilos darosi linksma", ramiai nenusedinti nei vienos
dainos. Rory - musu kolega nardymo studentas, pakvaises seniokas is Airijos,
viena grazia diena metes visus "normalius" uzsiemimus ir isvaziaves
I Antigua Guatemala mokytis ispanu kalbos; po to sugalvojes uzsukti I Roatana
pasimokyti nardyti. Kada susipazinom, apie grizima I Airija Rory neturejo
net minties :) Marcos - linksmuolis Tyll's laivo kapitonas, paslaugiausias
ir draugiskiausias kapitonas pasaulyje!…
Arba Roatane visi zmones tampa geresni ir grazesni, arba mes tikrai netiketai
sutikom vienus is linksmiausiu, nuosirdziausiu ir draugiskiausiu zmoniu musu
mazame pasaulyje - kiekvienas is ju savaip prisidejo prie dar siandiena netylancio
Roatano bliuzo...
Pabaigai - trecias didysis Roatano melas: RYTOJ JAU TIKRAI ISVAZIUOJU.
Roatano nardytojai klasifikuojami I tris pagrindinius tipus: kazkada atvaziavusieji
ir pasilikusieji visiems laikams (bent jau labai ilgam); "rytoj isvaziuojantieji",
kurie "rytoj" pasilieka ir smagiai su kitais is to pasijuokia; ir
"rytoj isvaziuojantieji", kurie pasilieka, tik niekam apie tai nesako
:) Mums pasiseke isvaziuoti is trecio karto :)
