It rained most of the night, and was still raining this morning. We were meant to be going on a boat tour to a local island for swimming and snorkelling, but our guide phoned at 0730 to “suggest” that we postpone the trip until tomorrow as the boat operator said the sea was too rough for a safe crossing. We weren’t going to argue! As we were already up we ordered a buggy and went for breakfast.
Why order a buggy? The accommodations here are bungalows built into the hillside of a coconut forest, with some steep roads. Rather than risk slipping on the wet roads (how’s that for an excuse), we can call reception and they’ll send a buggy (golf cart) around to pick us up!
After a long breakfast just watching the waves roll in we went back to the room and lounged around. We are on vacation, after all!
Around 1:30 we grabbed an umbrella each and risked the trek down to the pool restaurant for some lunch, showers kept coming an going, but we took a walk down to the beach after lunch. The water was amazingly warm, but rough with large breakers. The red flags were flying, so no more than paddling was allowed.
It’s now about 1800 and the rain has stopped and the skies are clearing, maybe tomorrow will be a better day?
Just came back from dinner, well a drink and dessert in reality! The drink was at the beach bar. The beach had tiki lamps spread around to add to the ambience of the waves crashing on the beach. We then went up to the outdoor restaurant for dessert. Lunch had left us full.
