I had a little trouble sleeping the first night (partly because I was excited like a little kid before their birthday) because the AC's digital display was so bright I kept thinking it was morning every time I woke up. Around 5am I got out of bed for good. I made some coffee with delicious coconut rum and went to watch the moonset/sunrise from the balcony. What a lovely peaceful morning! When Mike got up we tried out the snorkeling in the bay in front of the house. Unfortunately there were some little clear jellyfish - I kept trying to take deep breaths and just swim around them, but after awhile I realized instead of enjoying the snorkeling I was stressed about the jellyfish, so I just got out. We did a little bit of line fishing but nothing was biting but the Sergeant Majors and I didnt want to deal with getting one of those off the hook! We took off for an adventure to the GH's Bakery - which took a few different turns to find. The bakery was small, hot and no one there was happy to be there - or at least not happy to see us there! We ordered a ham egg and cheese sandwich, a plain and a cherry filled donut. With our goodies in hand we set off to find a beach to eat breakfast at. We didnt really have a goal as to where we were going, but basically the island is 1-2 miles wide - keep driving east-west and we would find a beach! Little did we know which beach we would stumble upon! FRENCH LEAVE BEACH!!! Sorry for the shaky video! It was so gorgeous and no one but us were there. We looked around in awe of how beautiful it was - and not a soul in sight! After we ate, we grabbed our gear and snorkeled for about 90 minutes. The reef was deep pretty close to shore. There was the usual assortment of fish and coral. Mike found a spiny lobster and a huge conch. We decided to come back later. From there we went to the hardware store to add more time to the cell phone and also add wifi for the house. We then ate leftover turkey burgers and ham & cheese wraps. Even though a storm loomed, we packed up the car and head off for a trip to the south of the island. In Rock Sound we stopped at the Boiling Hole and caves for a little investigating. I was all set when a big black land crab skittered over my feet!!!! So Mike was way more adventurous that I was down in the caves! There was a big storm whipping up so we changed our plans and decided to find Ten Bay Beach. On the way we stopped at the market at Rock Sound to buy some cookies and snacks, then bought some road beers at the liquor store. There was a small incident with Mike cutting his hand trying to open the bottles while driving, but was quickly resolved. I am not the best navigator (even with a map, a book and GPS) so let's just say eventually we found it Ten Bay Beach. The storm was passing over so it was about to rain, but we got to see this beach with its yellow sand, endless sand bars and lots of seashells. We had stopped in Tarpum Bay at the boat ramp and bought a Queen Triggerfish and some conch for dinner. Of course this meant we needed to stop and buy supplies to bread and fry the conch! My navigation skills again were failing as we tried to find Poponi Beach. Instead we ended up on a beautiful beach at Unique Village Resort where we decided to have a drink and chit chat with the 2 staff and 2 guests that were in the restaurant, shoes off, feet up on the chairs! It was muggy from the recent storm and the bugs were out! This was my first experience with noseums and those things are EVIL! Thankfully they shared some bug spray so we could tolerate our rum punches! Back at home we made cracked conch, conch ceviche, grilled triggerfish, veggies and jasmine rice. It was all delicious, worth all the work and we passed out by 9:15!
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