Over here, the boats are in the form of Mega Yachts, and the prices match! We went from the land of 2 dollar beers, to 5 dollar beers, everything else falls into place. I must say, that the rich trade quality books at the book swap in the customs office and it’s always easy to pick up a few really good titles to add to the library on the boat!
We walked through town with our lunch packed with eyes wide open looking at how the other half lives. We made our way to Shell Beach where we spent much time looking for a particular type of shell for Lorna to use at home for her Domino game. Of course, of all the shells there, the one we were looking for was rare. We laid out my sarong and spread out our lunch of pate, French bread, 2 different cheeses along with some anti pasto we actually brought from the Superstore at home! We were nicely munching when a rogue wave marched right up the beach and totally swamped our meal. After a good laugh, we dumped salt water off all the bits and continued with lunch. Laundry is in order for today, which includes my sarong!
After Shell Beach, we headed across the island to watch the small planes fly in through a small crotch in the mountains. They have to come down really fast to hit the runway and must stop short of the beach. We watched from the beach at the craziest landings ever! Any pilot who can land a plane here can land one anywhere!
Today, we’ll snorkel on a wreck and then check out and head back to St. Martins tomorrow morning for the rest of the week.
We haven’t always had an Internet connection so our Blogging is a bit sporadic, so don’t think we’re ignoring you and having so much fun we can’t take time to write!
Dawn
