Yesterday, Jim and I supervised the planting of some HUGE Royal Palm trees; some were 8 metres high. We wanted to provide some lovely shade around the pool and some strategic placements were made for the PERFECT hammock lounging sessions that we expect our clients will need after a hard day’s surfing or kiteboarding. Our team of lovely, mostly Haitian builders, are working as hard as ever and last evening, still smiling as they worked with us on moving these huge trees into place with the help of a JCB. I cannot tell you how excited we are becoming about the project!

Today, we will be going back for more planting - 5 more Royal Palms and 2 Coco Palms will arrive this afternoon and then later, we meet with a lighting specialist to see what special effects we can make for the lighting of the pool and the gardens.