When we arrived around 6:00 pm, a crowd of British were there already, playing a game on the beach and enjoying their sundowners. There were 10 of them which included the couple who owned the 61 foot boat. The paying guests were having a ball and claimed they'd be back!! They were of course, "brilliant" as they say and arrived with a cooler full of the mixings for gin and tonic along with about 10 bottles of wine, both red and white. We knew then that they were serious vacationers and cuddled right up to them! Before long, another couple (middle aged newly weds) from California on a charter boat arrived. The fish was delivered in bowls and were beautifully BBQ'd, the white meat flaky and full of the flavour of the marinade. How I wish I knew just how they cooked them! The fish were complemented by a cole-slaw-type salad and a rice dish. In the middle of the meal, 10 more people arrived, from 2 French (France) families including 5 young children who ate chicken instead of fish.
As everyone was finishing their meals, a local named 'Pleasant' arrived to play us a few tunes, complete with a bongo drummer. He apologized right away for not having all 6 strings on his guitar. He apparently was missing his "E" string, which we all thought was better than missing his "G" string. We're still not sure he got that one! I was told by the hostess on the British boat that 'Pleasant' could sing a bit, but he often had a bit too much ganja (marijuana) and he'd do the "doo, dah, bah, la la etc" and then break out in the chorus. She was right on and he sang "Let It Be" in just this way! (Not that anyone else in the party was excelling at the tunes or lyrics) Laurie asked him which one of the original Beatles he was, but I'm not too sure he knew who they were either! After singing, he brought out his carvings and that's about when we decided it was time to get back to the boat!
Ganja is a constant here. So many of the men we have seen smoke it just about continuously. We sincerely do not understand how they function, but that is the way it is.
By the way, the night before that, we had the pleasure of meeting again with Linda and Mike from "Casa del Mar" along with their visiting son. We all headed in to shore for the $5.00 EC rums at Seckies. Mike and Linda are heading to Carriacou on Monday and we'll probably check out of the Grenadines and meet them there. Carriacou Island and part of Grenada, which is on our way as we head further south towards our haulout spot in Trinidad the first of June.
