Yellow fever international vaccination card?

So, have you ever heard of yellow fever international vaccination certificate? Neither had I until I tried to come from Brazil to Roatan last month. And believe me, I found out the hard way. Picture this, you are three hours before your flight takes off at the airport with all your luggage, go through the whole line, documentation ready to check in...good so far... but as soon as you get at the counter to check in, someone asks for your yellow fever international vaccination certificate. Right! That's it!!! And no one warns you about it when you are booking your ticket online. Oh, I didn't have one so I couldn't board. When I thought it was bad, it got worse! As soon as I said I didn't have one, they told me first to take the shot as soon as possible because  I would have to wait for 10 days to board. That's supposedly the time it takes to the yellow fever vaccination starts working on your immune system.

I went home that night devastaded and there was nothing I could do but taking the shot the following morning. And that's what I did, took the shot and rebooked my flight.

My piece of advice, take the yellow fever shot!!! More than 120 countries require the yellow fever international vaccination certificate card in order to allow you to get in the country and the list of countries is updated almost every month. In other words, the country you're planning to visit is not in the list this month, but it might be included in the next one. For example, you can't board from South America to any country in Central America or the Caribbean without one. After taking the shot, look for the local agency in your country which is in charge of the emission of the yellow fever international vaccination certificate. With that, you'll be good to go and enjoy your vacation!

Useful links:

• List of countries which yellow fever international vaccination  certificate:

              http://www.who.int/ith/chapters/ith2012en_annexes.pdf

• For Brazilian citizens :

           Certificado International de Vacinação contra Febre Amarela

Roatan, Infinity BayTrip Advisor Slideshow

I know it's been a while since my last post but I've been doing a lot of traveling...Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama. Well, it's great to be back, though.
So, Tom did a fabulous job with some wonderful photos from life in West Bay Beach, Roatan. Check it out and let us know what you think.

Infinity Bay Trip Advisor Slideshow

Ballet Shoes

Life has funny ways to make us live again happy memories we had to leave behind at some point in our past. One of my happiest childhood-teenage memories are directly linked to ballet. I remember my mom getting me dressed for my ballet classes when I was 3 years, going to classes and practising for long hours all the exercises until reaching the perfection... For years, that was part of my life.

So, here I am, many years later on putting on my ballet shoes  again. It all happened after talking to Wendy, a dear friend who is a very talented ballerina and owner of a studio in Roátan. She kindly offered me to help her with some of her classes. I gotta confess that , at first, I panicked... "OH MY!! Will I be able to do it? It's been so long and I fear I won't be good enough." But I remember all the new challenges I have faced throughout these last 6 months and Wendy's wise words " Don't ever say you can't".  Therefore, I decided to take the chance and let life, once again, flow its own way. I just gotta thank a patient angel named Wendy who is crazy enough to believe in me... 

Well, let another journey begin... 

Allegro Ballet Studio,

Here I go again!

Infinity Bay - Our sweet home in Roatan

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012

Let me introduce you to our home in Roátan... Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to Infinity Bay Resort! The greatest resort in Roátan located in West Bay. There's no better place to be but here. The condos have everything you need. In other words, they are fully furnished... and I mean, since I love cooking I have to say that the kitchen is just WOW... It has all the appliances, kitchen utensils, everything to make you feel home. Well, there's also a LCD tv, large bedrooms and bathrooms, AC, washing machine, dryer... We are currently living in a 2bdr unit and you can check the view from our balcony in the picture below.

Isn't that perfect? That's our morning view when we are having breakfast... Tom's fav place! It's really breathtaking.

It looks like this in the evening,

 What you may see when you are enjoying yourself in the pool... so romantic!!!

The dock,

And when you think you've seen everything, wait till the night comes...  

The pool,

The Palapa Bar... cool place to meet new people and make friends,

I can say we are a big family here at the Infinity Bay and there's no better place to call home when you have your family around.

So... there's no place like HOME! Infinity Bay Resort.

www.infinitybay.com

February 26, 2012 #2

One realizes what they are missing once they taste it...
You understand this living and being here, immersing yourself in the beauty, breathing the fresh air and letting the soft tropical breezes caress the body and sooth the soul.
This is a happy place, where everybody has a smile, and a friendly hello, and where life is much simpler and relaxed.
I am grateful to be a part of this new life and to share it with someone so special as my love, Jessica.

February 26 , 2012


Waking up every day looking at this,

or  watching another day goes by from our balcony...

...makes us realize how many simple things in life, we missed because we didn't have time to enjoy them. As a matter of fact, we didn't even care because our minds were focused on the craziness of our daily lives. Waking up, driving to work, working, driving home and going to bed. This is life back in major cities.

It's been a month now, Tom and I came to Roátan. Time really flies when you are in paradise. We have never been happier as now... But the funny thing is, it took me a while to adjust myself to the calm and peaceful life in Roátan. I guess I can say I am a great example of someone who lived to work, a truly workaholic. So when I came to Roátan, my mind and body went to a detox program ... a rehab to my soul and mind... where I had to train myself to let go all the craziness I once lived.

After 30 days, life is brighter, calmer, easier, more beautiful and pleasant like never before. That's Roátan pumping already in our veins.

We want to share with people out there like us, how life is in this small piece of heaven!

Carpe Diem, friends!