by Captain Bill on January 6, 2010
We enjoyed a delicious Christmas Bar-B-Q at the Amazon Golf Course on the last Sunday of December, the 27th.
Cooking the Christmas chicken Bar-B-Q at the Amazon Golf Course. The food was delicious. Good job.
We had a good turn out, serving around 60 meals. More important it was a fun day. The weather was perfect and many of our friends and members supported the event.
John Waymire's family came all the way from Indiana USA
John Waymire’s family from Indiana, USA, won the prize for coming the farthest, and maybe having the most fun.
Sitting in the shade at the Amazon Golf Course Clubhouse
Mike, Elizabeth, Gringa Linda upstairs at the Amazon Golf Course Clubhouse
Marmelita, Guido, Lupa, Noelia, Richard, Matt, in the shade at the Amazon Golf Course Christmas chicken cookout
Friends from the Selva Viva enjoying the meal at the Amazon Golf Course
Linda Flynn enjoying the day, upstairs in the Amazon Golf Course Clubhouse
Alex and family at the Amazon Golf Course Christmas cookout
Guests at the Amazon Golf Course Christmas cookout
Mike Collis in the upstairs observation room at the Amazon Golf Course Clubhouse
Matt carving a tagua nut, Rodrigo examining Matt's other carvings; late afternoon at the Christmas cookout.
Ficus with fresh compost, in front of the practice putting green at the Amazon Golf Course on Dec. 27th
I’m very impressed with how fast our trees and bushes are growing.
Pomarosa tree exibiting maximum growth
The pomarosa sapling to the left of the heliconias in the photo above, has grown the fastest of all.
Our most recent project, the new storage shed
Our most recent project is this new storage shed being constructed by Rodrigo. The main goal is to get all of the gas, oil, and other flammables out of the clubhouse.
Amazon Golf Course view from the balcony, Saturday, the day before the Christmas Bar-B-Q
We enjoyed a delicious Christmas Bar-B-Q at the Amazon Golf Course on the last Sunday of December, the 27th.
Bill Grimes was manager of the Amazon Golf Course for most of 2009
by Captain Bill on January 5, 2010
Growth of the Amazon Golf Course Blog.
I think it usually takes 3 years for a blog to become successful, unless the author is brilliant, or has some luck, so I hope at the end of of 2010 to call the Amazon Golf Course Blog a success.
Thank you for helping grow the Amazon Golf Course Blog. You are our most important asset. Without you to read our articles and make comments, what would be the point?
I started the Amazon Golf Course Blog on April 1st 2008. It went nowhere that first year. We only wrote 10 articles from April 1st to December 31, and posted only 7 photographs. You made 49 comments, 25 of them were on our most popular article, Welsh Golfer Makes The Cut At The Amazon Golf Course, written by Mike Collis.
In 2009 we wrote 63 articles, with 359 photographs, and you all made 193 comments. That is a significant improvement. I hope with your help, attention, and comments, we can continue growing the Amazon Golf Course Blog in 2010.
Thanks again and best wishes for the new year;
Growth of the Amazon Golf Course Blog
Bill Grimes was the manager of the Amazon Golf Course through most of 2009 and the start of 2010.
by Captain Bill on December 26, 2009
We celebrated Christmas with the Crew of the Amazon Golf Course at the Amazon Explorers Club Lounge.
Our Christmas party at the Amazon Explorers Club Lounge
We invited everyone that works with Dawn on the Amazon, The Amazon Explorers Club, and the Amazon Golf Course to the Amazon Explorers Club Lounge to celebrate Christmas together.
Our Christmas party
First we popped the corks on two bottles of sparkling wine, and toasted our good fortune to all be together again. Then we feasted. We enjoyed Broasted chicken, the best rice ever, white rice cooked with carrots, for those who might not like the best rice ever, fried platanoes, fresh squeezed camu-camu juice, an after dinner wine, and finished off with peach juice mixed with pisco.
We had a nice evening together and I think everyone left feeling the Christmas spirit. I know I did.
Our Christmas party with our crew at the Amazon Explorers Club Lounge
We celebrated Christmas with the Crew of the Amazon Golf Course at the Amazon Explorers Club Lounge.
Bill Grimes is president of Dawn on the Amazon, Amazon Explorers Club, and manager of the Amazon Golf Course.
by Captain Bill on December 25, 2009
by Captain Bill on December 6, 2009
Upcoming Events At The Amazon Golf Course
Amazon Golf Course, photographed from the observation deck of the clubhouse on December 5th, 2009
December 8th Charcoal Chicken BBQ
On December 8th, Tuesday, during La Purisima, the religious holiday dedicated to praying to the virgin Mary, combined with partying in Punchana while drinking lots of Pilsen, Margarita and the grounds crew at the Amazon Golf Course will host a Charcoal Chicken BBQ, a parrillada de pollo, working and praying to raise money for their own Christmas bonus, knowing I am not giving out a Christmas bonus. Steve McAlear and I donated S/50 soles apiece to get them started, and I am praying to the Virgin Mary right now to encourage you to help them with a small donation also. They are self motivated, smart, hard working, and deserve your support. If you are feeling generous about Christmas, and helping hard working people with much less than anyone you probably know back home, you can funnel your donation through me, or if you are in Iquitos, plan on buying a parrillada ticket for only S/8 soles, and attending the cookout at the Amazon Golf Club on December 8th.
You can buy a ticket to the delicious Charcoal Chicken BBQ for only S/8 soles
December 12th, Golf Tournament
On December 12th, we are having a golf tournament to determine the annual winner of the Ernst and Edith Schneider Trophy. The tournament will be for all the golf students we have taught at our free Saturday morning golf lessons. They will play a round of 9 holes and be allowed only 8 strokes per hole to keep things moving along at a good speed.
The west flower garden and view of the Amazon Golf Course clubhouse from the road. Don't drive past, pull in and have fun.
December 27th, Charcoal Chicken BBQ, last Sunday of December
We are making the last Sunday of the month our day to host a special meal every month to raise money to help with the maintenance and improvements of the Amazon Golf Course. On December 27th, the last Sunday of December, we will host an after Christmas Charcoal Chicken BBQ at the Amazon Golf Course clubhouse. The red hot coals will have the good food ready to serve around noon.
December 27th will be a full fun social day of golf, volleyball and soccer or just hiking around the beautiful landscaped park. We will all be there. Please join us. Buy your ticket in advance at Mad Mick’s Trading Post, located near the middle of the first block of Putumayo, #163, at the top of the stairs on the second floor, the Dawn on the Amazon office, #185 Malecon, Maldonado, near the corner of the 1st block of Nauta, on the boulevard, overlooking the river, the Amazon Exporers Club, #101 Nauta, the first door on the first block of Nauta, around the corner from Dawn on the Amazon, windows overlooking the river, or at the Amazon Golf Course.
The approach to the Amazon Golf Course clubhouse
January 31st, the last Sunday of January, “THE JUNGLE ROAST”
If you can only come to the Amazon Golf Course for one meal all year it should be this one. Don’t miss The Jungle Roast, all you can eat, the last Sunday, January 31st. The Jungle Roast will be the most remarkable meal of 2010, and one of your best days. You will remember and talk about The Jungle Roast all year. If you are living out of Iquitos, fly in special for The Jungle Roast. It will be worth it. To learn all of the details about the menu, price, and what is included in the day, follow the link below to an article I posted on the Captain’s Blog;
The entrance to the Amazon Golf Course
Upcoming Events At The Amazon Golf Course
Bill Grimes is president of Dawn on the Amazon Tours and Cruises, and manager of the Amazon Golf Course.
