And now to the beach itself. The stretch of beach that encompassed the three resorts was created for the resorts. Each end had a rock-like barrier, obviously man made. Beyond those barriers, it was unkempt, rough terrain. There were rows and rows of lounge chairs and beds along the shore at our resort. We did enjoy the lounge chairs in the shade a couple of times, but spent a majority of our time at the pool. The wind coming off of the water made it very comfortable and there wasn't much noise so it was peaceful. To the far left of this picture on the left, there are a row of huts and a lifeguard stand, that is the division between our resort area and the sister resorts.
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| Little nap in the shade |
The one drawback, and it was fairly minor, was the drifting odor from those that did come to smoke the local 'cigarettes'. It was clear that the locals hanging out along the far end, on the rocks that are like a barrier, were local entrepreneurs. It was also evident that those that chose the beds farthest to the left were friends of the peddlers. No problem, mon, we'll just hang out on the right. And seriously, it wasn't a huge problem, just something we didn't want to be a part of or close to. (We really preferred being up by the pools and having our Racquel to wait on us.)
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| Outdoor Port Maria restaurant over my shoulder |
We ate lunch at the Port Maria outdoor restaurant. They had a huge buffet of all sorts of things, hot and cold, dessert, etc. I had read reviews prior about people getting tired of the buffet. That didn't happen for me. They added things each day to make it a little different than the day before, and honestly, who eats like that every single day at lunch? (Except this week and it showed by the end of our stay.)
If you look to the far right of the picture on the right, they were creating a VIP area for preferred guests. Jay and I really don't get that though - the idea of this entire resort is that you're a VIP. What more could you really ask for? We assume there are some people who just like the idea of being singled out as special or more important than others. The funny thing to us was - this private beach area was right next to the rock barrier where the peddlers hung out...not exactly what I would want to deal with if I was VIP, you know.
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| Pure relaxation |
We both read books while relaxing and we tried just about every drink on the menu. There were all sorts of interesting combinations and most of them were delicious. (Many full of sugar! Waistline not happy.)
A couple things of note: You did not see drunk idiots causing a ruckus at all. There was one man who got a little carried away one afternoon, but that was it. Everyone was pretty well behaved. (Minus about three hours watching a couple and two women fight - literally - over a lounge chair in the shade by the pool. Utterly ridiculous to waste such beautiful time on that!) Also, there were either honeymooners (we assume) or people in their 50s-70s there, but not a lot of 40-ish folks. We didn't know if it had more to do with kids or money. Maybe a little of both. The couples our age were probably next door...
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| Proof we got in the water! |
Until the finale...
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