Saturday was the day for all the crew to jump ship and get to explore the island. Six of the ten crew got
off the boat. We hired two rental cars and drove around the island from noon until seven. We went to
the east side of the island to Devil’s Bridge where there wasn’t much besides a
beautiful view, took a few photos and back in the car. By car is took about 25 minutes to get there and we got to see
all the little towns in between the boatyard and the far east side of the
island. Saturday and Sunday here is their church day so there were people
walking on the road to and from church all dressed up. Looked like little African tribes walking on the side of the road. Every weekend they dress
as if they were going to the Kentucky Derby, bright colors and huge hats.
Walking along side of these mass groups of people were the herds of goats in
which we had to sit and wait for them to cross the road a few times; goat jam
instead of traffic jam.
After making it to Devil’s
Bridge we then made it down the coast to the south and went to Half Moon Bay
Beach which is supposed to be top 100 of beaches in the world, so we heard.
Topless women and dogs on the beach playing fetch. Waves about eight or nine feet
tall and all the crew in the water body surfing. I was chilling out on the sand
getting my tan on while watching people surf, kite board and my crew trying to
catch a wave without getting thrown all about. After a few hours playing on the
beach we went to a small snack shack where they sold bags of chips and beer.
Threw a couple back and got in the cars to try to get to the opposite side
of the island before sunset.
Drove for another hour to the west side of the
island just in time to see sunset have a few cocktails and hurry back to the
boat. Christiana (our captain) does yoga every day after work and her yoga
instructor was singing at the bar behind our boat so she wanted us to come and
support her friend. After and long day in the sun and in the car we showered up
and went straight to the bar, got a few more drinks and relaxed while listening
to her sing and play guitar. After a few hours of relaxing and about to fall
asleep in the bar we then went to a place right outside the port side gates to
Abracadabra’s which was having a costume party, music and drinks. Live band at
another bar near by with donkey’s just outside parked while locals rode by and
stopped for a drink. The island spirit here is unbelievable. Simple life here
is key. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if most of these people haven’t been off
the island their whole life. Can’t imagine how overwhelming the states would be
for them.
After a long day on Saturday with my crew, I woke up early Sunday morning to go four wheeling with Sean who works on the boat next to ours called Lady L. I met him while I was studying abroad in France and we hung out a few times there and stayed in touch here and there over these three years. Such a small world that his boat would come and dock right next to mine. Amazing how things like that work. He's from Zimbabwe and has been working on the boats for three and half years. After a few hours on the ATV we came back to the boat to grab the rest of the crew to go to Pigeon Beach which had this amazing little modern brunch cafe over looking the ocean.
This is the beach club where we had "brunch" with Lady L's crew and stayed and drink until 7:30pm.
ATVing with Sean
Simone who is from Denmark is someone I met in Florida while we both were looking for jobs and she works on the same boat as Sean. My crew thinks I know a lot of people in this industry for being so new but I just got lucky by knowing two people on the same boat and them being docked right next to us.
This view is amazing looks over all three of the harbors. Over Sean's right shoulder is his boat and my boat is to the right of that!
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