On the south end of the resort, we found a garden area containing several banana trees and a collection of unique wildlife.

I never realized how ugly a banana pod was, but the dark purple flower pod is downright ugly. But, I don’t really know if it has purpose in the production of bananas, because some of the smaller bananas still had small white flowers on the tip of the small baby bananas just starting to form above the ugly purple pod.

Goose! Goose! Goose! (Hi Beth!)

I can’t remember what species of goose these are, they told us, but I forget….

This big old turtle was with the geese.

And, another look at the African Grey Crane on the island in the Ocean Tower on the north end of the resort.