We decided to have a lazy day and find a beach for a swim and a relax. We walked into town, Robbie managed to persuade the waiter in the Yacht club to change our phone credit into a data package, which he did in about 2 minutes.
We then walked through town and found the bank and drew out some money. The exchange rate is about 2:1 East Caribbean (EC) $ to Australian dollars and 2.6:1 to the US $. We also need to stock up on some beer, Peter has been and Paul is coming! What about Mary???
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We checked out the beer prices in all the “supermarkets” and the prices ranged from $150 to $100 for 24 cans of the local brew Caribe. We have tried the very local brew and it’s not so nice. We were handed a brochure from a guy sitting in a van for a beach resort called “Sparrow Beach” which we took and then decided we needed a coffee so went to the “Bougainvillaea” which is a newer bar/café/resort. We shared a table with some other yachties, which was very productive as we learnt that the nicest beach on the island is Sparrow Beach. It’s a free shuttle so we finished our coffees and headed back to the van. He was just pulling up again so we jumped aboard and he took us for a 5 minute drive to the other side of the island.
The resort is really just a very nice beach bar, sun loungers and a restaurant. At first they had the best part of the beach and area blocked off saying it was a private function, but after half an hour they told us it had been cancelled and we could use it. I grabbed a couple of sun loungers and we sat in the sun, swam, enjoyed a couple of cold beers and then had a very nice lunch of grilled Mahi-Mahi and a bottle of French Sauvignon Blanc.
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We headed back to the boat and had a very simple dinner of olives, gherkins, tomatoes and cheese and crackers and watched the old “Beverly Hills Cop” movie and had an early night.
