Captain Bob's Adventures

We left around 2:30 or so heading for Memphis.  It was about 6 hour drive or so.  We arrived, found hotel downtown, got parked and ate dinner at Charlie Vargas Rendezvous.  I had Ribs and Shoulder with beans and slaw.  Excellent BBQ. Favorite quote of the day:  "Mustard is the bastard of the condiment family"

Today we lazed around the house until about 11:30 or so and walked across the street to do some snorkeling.  We took the camera and snorkeled for about an hour and a half which turns out to be quite a workout.  Saw lots of fish, urchins, another flounder, and some huge angel fish. We came back, showered, and went to The Beach Bar for late lunch and drinks.  We shared a chicken and mozzarella panini sandwich and of course, rum punch.....the staple drink all islands.  It was great fun as at 4pm they had a karaoke system show up and oh boy, the people started showing up to sing.  Another teacher lady named Mary was there and got the crowd going as well as got Nan to get up with a group of them and sing a little Neal Diamond - Sweet Caroline.  Good times and I have pictures :) Dinner was at Tango Argentine Steak.  I had a T-bone and Nan had a Filet.  Food was decent, service was good, and the company I was sharing it with was the best!

We slept in a bit, ate breakfast, and went to rent some snorkel gear.  We thought we would just do a little snorkeling off Arashi beach to keep it simple and wanted to take the camera with us to capture some of it.  It was great fun and the underwater case for the camera worked great.  We left Arashi and headed down to the high rise district for lunch and drinks at The Beach Bar.  We had a pizza with tuna and black olives which was tasty.  We left there and hit the beach a bit at Palm Beach for about an hour or so and then headed back to shower for dinner at Madame Janette's.  Dinner was good.  I had the Butcher Block steak, and Nan had Mahi Mahi fish.  The real winner on this one was the appetizer of Lobster Ravioli.  Dessert was fantastic as well with a Coconut Cream Cake.  Of course another great day :) Just a short video of the snorkeling off the beach and playing with some fish.

Breakfast, did some Kenpo, then loaded up to head out for lunch. We went to Salt & Pepper again for some Tuna wrap and Tapas with Sangria, then decided to do some shopping for schmott.  Schmott is a technical term for crap that you really don't need but buy anyway.  We drove around the island some, found the location of our dinner reservation, and headed down to check out Baby Beach.  Neat area with shallow water with a lot of families and kids swimming.  Dinner tonight was at Marandi and it was phenominal.  By far, in my opinion, the best restaurant we have been to yet.  The setting was on a thatch covered dock on the water.  Service and food was very good.  We left there, went back down to shop some more, and headed home around 11pm or so. Another great day

We awoke to another great day.  The weather here is consistently amazing.  We ate breakfast, did a legs and back workout outside on the patio.  We were a hot, sweaty mess afterwards, so did the quick dip in the pool.  We planned to go to Arashi beach so we decided to just eat a sandwich at the house and pack up our goodies.  We had read we needed to take chairs, etc with us so we packed them up, and headed out.  Beach there is beautiful, great sand, and the water was crystal clear as usual.  We lay (my wife, the english teacher confirms this is gramatically correct past tense of lie....even though the country boy in me says it sounds funny) on some towels on the beach and hit the water. We left there around 3:30 and went back to the house to get ready for dinner and get the salt off.  Interestingly, even though we used the same sunscreen, same weather, and same time/activities, we both got a little sunburn today.  I'm unable to figure out why...