video: paya trail into secret cove

This video captures a walk on the Paya Trail from "The Heart of Paya" into Secret Cove. We often say that thirty minutes spent walking the nature trails at Paya Bay Resort are as equally effective as a week of mental health therapy.

love, grace, gratitude

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

- Denis Waitley

photo of the day

I like the stark contrast of the weathered, bone-dry rocks and the liquid ocean below them. Taken near the northern terminus of the Paya Trail. Paya Bay Resort, Roatan, Honduras.

seaside trail gets some love

This week, Paya Bay's Grounds Team completed a general repair and upgrading of the Seaside Trail that leads to Secret Cove. The trail is much more uniformly level and smooth now. The map below the photos highlights the area of the property where this maintenance work took place.

2013 beckons

Paya Bay Resort's 2013 calendar has been published on our Web site! Our naturist friends will note that it's a very green calendar! Our most naturist year ever! Click here to view next year's Paya Calendar.

Remember, you can get 2012 prices by booking your 2013 naturist getaway now, putting down a space-holding deposit, and then paying your full balance before the clock strikes 12:00 midnight on Dec. 31, 2012.

The 2013 seed has been planted... C'mon naturist community, let's make 2013 rock!

If not now, when? If not us, who?

video: lucky dog

Our family dog, Lucky, takes a confident, strutting, territory-marking, alpha-dog stroll down Bliss Beach with a 'Yo, I own this place' attitude (because... well... he does!). It's definitely your territory, Puhrrunkos*!



I'm convinced our dogs here at Paya exist in "Dog Heaven." We genuinely love our pets and care for them extremely well (the word pampered comes to mind). Paya Bay's twenty-two acres of stunning, topographically-diverse, oceanfront property is their unrestricted playground (imagine what that must be like for a dog!). They get tons of kindness and attention from both my family and our guests. The dogs seem to truly believe it is their "job" to 'watch over and protect' anyone they perceive to be a patron of our family-run boutique resort. Healthy, beautiful, sweet, loving, happy, and socially well-adjusted, they do a terrific job as Paya's "canine hosts." Without a doubt, these special animals play an important role in the increasingly talked about Magic of Paya Bay phenomenon.

*The Greek-sounding word Puhrrunkos is my nickname for Lucky. A special, endearing name only he and I have shared from as far back as his puppyhood. Cute photos of Lucky as a pup from September, 2007 follow...

 

These photos were taken - literally - minutes after Lucky came into our lives. For Lucky and me, it was love at first (puppy) bite. It took -- at most -- thirty minutes for Lucky's dog soul and my human soul to coalesce. Thank you, Sem, for this wonderful, priceless gift that has brought so much happiness and good energy into our lives.

the spirit within

It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control.

- Oprah Winfrey

taking shape

The restroom facilities for Bliss Beach and the Ananda Pavilion continue to materialize (or, as some might say, "they continue to pop out of the ether").

Paya Bay Resort, Roatan, Honduras.

verily, I say unto you

With the Wonkeratti riled-up making witty-ass comments like the ones that follow, you know it's an awesome Wonkette post!

"This name guarantees her a life on the pole."

"Nice pic. My eyes feel like they've just spent a month in a trailer park."

"Summers Eve has a nice ring to it."

"True story: I had a client who named her daughter Verily. I asked as to its origin, and she explained that it was a biblical name, that Jesus was always talking to her in the Bible--Verily, I say unto you."

Source: Wonkette

The cleverness and wit of progressives minds know no equal.

luckovich on gingrich

LOL. Mike's the best! Courtesy of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

video: inspired dancing

See previous post.

beach BBQ!

Today, May 1, is Labor Day here in Honduras. Paya Bay threw a fun BBQ beach party on Bliss Beach for our awesome, hard-working team members! El mejor equipo de Roatán! Puro Real Madríd!

Door prizes...

As always, Winzina and Winnie worked their culinary magic and delivered some scrumptious BBQ!

Lots of inspired beachside dancing!

This little cutie opted to cool off in the plunge pool.

Special thanks to Michelle McNab, our reservations manager, for so professionally planning, leading, and executing this feel good gratitude project. A flawless triumph! I'm proud of you, MM.