Day 13 - Life's A Beach

Today was pure heaven. We woke up late and got some breakfast at a place just down the road from our hotel. Then we rented a water taxi to take us to West Bay beach on the west end of the island.

The snorkeling was really good. At one point we even saw a barracuda that was staring back at us with this horrible looking scowl on its face. They have these huge teeth and the thing was as big as my thigh and as long as my leg. We quickly left that area. But there was a lot of coral with all types of fish. Though I have yet to visit the Atlanta Aquarium, I am sure it is nothing compared to the real thing.

Then stupid Peter (see day 11) was there, stepping all over the coral and swimming in his underwear. Something about a perverted old man swimming in his underwear just wasn't right. He kept swimming up behind the girls pretending to look at coral. Lucky for him, I didn't know this until they were talking about it later on.

It was really hot out there in the sun, but it couldn't get any better. We (Amy, Haley, Andrew, and I) took a walk on the beach and finally settled in a little cabana and ordered sodas (and beer for some). It was heaven as the waves crashed on the while sand, the baby blue sky melting into the aquamarine ocean. The call the Caribbean paradise for a reason, I guess.

The only bad thing to happen at our day in the sun was that Haley had to use a public restroom while we were on our walk. Of course we were barefoot. Nothing like having to walk into a Central American public bathroom barefoot. No strange foot fungi have started growing yet, but stay tuned…

Oh, one other thing before we wrap this up. After spending the day in the sun, we met for drinks at one of the cabanas by our hotel. We all had a good time as we listened to my limited music collection on the computer, did a little karaoke, and many of the group had some healthy servings of alcohol. We'll, we had such a good time that we nearly missed dinner. By the time we made it into town, all the kitchens had closed shop for the night. We literally went to 5 or 6 different bars/restaurants and had given up when somebody finally found somewhere to get some food. We were starving after a light lunch and all that sun!