*this series is back-dated, so is written as though we are in Turks & Caicos*
We woke up this morning and had coffee, clementines and granola bars for breakfast (yup, living large!), then walked down to the Excursion Desk to get the details for our Glow Worm Cruise. Alas, it's the slow season and they didn't have enough reservations, so we're going to have to wait until Wednesday or Thursday; they're going to keep in touch.
Since we have a full kitchen and don't want to go totally overboard, we get a map of the island from the Concierge and walked to the grocery store--it was only a mile and a half, and the prices and selection were definitely better than the hotel convenience store. Don't get me wrong, the prices weren't GOOD, but when you consider a gallon of water was $2 at the grocery, and $5 at the hotel, we made the right choice. We just picked up some basics: pancake mix, some eggs, fruit, water and snacks. Something we both found really interesting was that there was a TON of gluten-free stuff, way more than I see in regular grocery stores back home. Maybe this isn't the "regular" grocery, but maybe a gourmet grocery to cater to the fancy-ass tourists?
It's HOT!! We barely went halfway before I knew I NEEDED to buy a hat. We went through a whole bottle of Gatorade on the walk down and another one on the way back; we were both covered in sweat (sexy, I know). The heat is definitely going to be difficult to live with the next 8 days.
It was awesome to get back to the air conditioned room and have leftovers from last night. After lunch, we went to the beach for a while. The sand is smooth and white, the water is clear and refreshing. As long as I don't have the crap burned out of me, I'm going to enjoy spending time here. It's like nothing I've ever seen.
Tuesday nights are the Manager's Rum Punch Party, so we went back to the room to get dressed for the party and dinner. It seemed like most of the current guests were there; the food and booze (rum punch and beer) were flowing. We think one of the employees is "family"--she complimented my rainbow earrings a little more enthusiastically than a straight person would. ;) The funniest part of the party came from another guest. This guy started yelling at one of the servers, really flipping out on the poor guy, because he "only came around this side of the pool once with conch fritters--the other side got them 3 or 4 times!! WAAAAHHHH, I'm a fat dude who can't be satisfied with only 3 fritters!!!" (okay, that last sentence might be putting words in his mouth, but it's true). The poor server was totally flustered, trying to explain that the multiple trips were because he could only carry so many plates at a time. Ellie and I tried to back him up, but Angry Dude wasn't having it. He even wound up throwing his empty plate on the trash cart as the server walked by. It was amusing, annoying, and sad.
For dinner, we went to Yoshi for sushi. (yes, the same restaurant that prompted the couple from yesterday to discover their mutual love for sushi). Their menus were on iPads, which was super cool--I think that's something more restaurants should contemplate. If we could have ordered through them, that would have been amazing! The walk back to the hotel was pretty quiet--maybe it's due to being the off-season, but everything closes early; by the time we were done at 7, everything was closed. Kind of disappointing. So we went back to the room and watched some TV and read before turning in.
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