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.

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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

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

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

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.

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Merry Christmas, 2009

by Captain Bill

Merry Christmas, 2009

From Bill, and Marmelita, Dawn on the Amazon Tours and Cruises

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Upcoming Events At The Amazon Golf Course

Amazon Golf Course, photographed from the observation deck of the clubhouse on December 5th, 2009

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

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.

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

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;

Join us for The Jungle Roast at the Amazon Golf Course in Iquitos Peru on January 31st, the last Sunday in January.

The entrance to the Amazon Golf Course

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.

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The Clubhouse is painted and trimmed, December 5th, 2009

The Amazon Golf Course clubhouse, freshly painted and trimmed, photographed from the 9th green

The Amazon Golf Course clubhouse, freshly painted and trimmed, photographed from the 9th green

Thanks to everyone that donated money towards sprucing up our clubhouse. I think the paint job is a good one. I did not let them dilute the paint very much. What do you think? Do you like the green trim?

I bought the new wooden ceder door you see leaning against the wall so we can lock up the tool room. The door has never been used comes with lock, key, and hinges for S/150 soles, around $50.

The Amazon Golf Course clubhouse new paint job photographed from the west side, around noon.

The Amazon Golf Course clubhouse new paint job photographed from the west side, around noon.

New paint for the Amazon Golf Course clubhouse on the south side from the entrance lane

New paint for the Amazon Golf Course clubhouse on the south side from the entrance lane

New paint for the Amazon Golf Course clubhouse, this is the east side

New paint for the Amazon Golf Course clubhouse, this is the east side

I guess this was controversial. I insisted on painting the east side the same as the other three sides, don’t dilute the paint, paint it all…with three coats, paint the trim, three coats…I don’t know, most people will never go on the east side but…I go there, and when I look back, I want to be proud of the work, so here it is. If you don’t like it, fire me, please. We have some green paint left so one of the crew is going to paint the water tank green.

Free Saturday Golf Lessons

Jim Sax, our newest golf student, practicing putting at the Amazon Golf Course practice green in front of the clubhouse

Jim Sax, our newest golf student, practicing putting at the Amazon Golf Course practice green in front of the clubhouse

Saturday was Jim Sax first time to the Amazon Golf Course, and his first free Saturday morning lessons. He paid us a nice compliment that I will share with you. He said, “Congratulations on having the nicest, cleanest, most modern bathrooms in Iquitos Peru, the tile work, the mirrors, the showers, the toilet seat, the towels, the toilet paper…” Thanks Jim, I passed that on to Margarita and Rodrigo to let them know their work was appreciated.

Free Saturday morning golf lessons at the Amazon Golf Course driving range

Free Saturday morning golf lessons at the Amazon Golf Course driving range

More New Construction Projects

The new bleachers in the shade for watching the soccer battles

The new bleachers in the shade for watching the soccer battles

We put up this new shade structure over bleachers for spectators of the soccer matches. The quality of the soccer games are a very high level of competition.

Rodrigo and Pablo are building a new outhouse on the east boundry of the Amazon Golf Course

Rodrigo and Pablo are building a new outhouse on the east boundry of the Amazon Golf Course

Rodrigo and Pablo are building this new flush toilet outhouse near our east boundry. They have tapped into the sewer pipe coming from the clubhouse. This will provide an extra toilet, mostly for the crew, but could be a valuable addition when we have large crowds. It will be finished with wood boards for walls and a thatch roof.

Bloosoms

Pink Hibiscus blossom at the Amazon Golf Course

Pink Hibiscus blossom at the Amazon Golf Course

Even this palm tree near the road is blooming

Even this palm tree near the road is blooming

The east flower garden at the entrance to the Amazon Golf Course

The east flower garden at the entrance to the Amazon Golf Course

The flower garden west of the lane, photographed from the road in front of the Amazon Golf Course

The flower garden west of the lane, photographed from the road in front of the Amazon Golf Course

The rows of ficus and pomarosa trees along the front of the Amazon Golf Course

The rows of ficus and pomarosa trees along the front of the Amazon Golf Course

I am impressed by how fast our landscaping plants and trees have grown. Every blooming bush and every tree will get a fresh mulch of our special compost mixture in the next couple of days. You can see the dark circles of compost around all of the blooming bushes and the rows of ficus and pomarosa trees in this photo.

Marmelita and I are going on vacation in a couple of days, so there will only be one more article with a few photos of the golf course until just before Christmas. I will be looking forward to seeing how much your trees and bushes have grown while we are gone. That is why I keep posting these photos, so we can look back from next year and the years after to see the difference, before, during, and after…

The Clubhouse is painted and trimmed, December 5th, 2009

Bill Grimes is the manager of the Amazon Golf Course until some other qualified, trustworthy person that shares my vision or has a better vision wants the job.

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