Exploring Anguilla 1
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Mon 22 Mar 2010 23:38
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Exploring Anguilla in a hire
car Day One
We arrived promptly on the beach at
five minutes to ten to wait for Ken to deliver our hire car. Katrina
had kindly arranged it for us on her mobile yesterday and we expected Ken at
ten. Judy was there with the book she had promised us. It is about a couple who
put their lives on hold to sail from Toronto, down the ICW, across the Caribbean
to Trinidad and return within two years. We had mentioned to Judy the day before
how much we were looking forward to visiting New York via the
Intracoastal Waterway next year. Plan written in sand of
course.
By ten past ten, no Ken. Judy asked a
lady in her car if she had a mobile and if she minded ringing the number for us.
She did, Ken had had to leave the island in an emergency, as our car had
been arranged on the phone on a Sunday, he had not made a note of it, his office
knew nothing about us. We thanked Simone very much for her help. Judy trotted
over to a taxi driver on the beach to ask about hire cars, he took us to his
brother in Blowing Point a few miles away. Maurice sorted us out. "When you have
finished with the car, just leave the keys under the mat, I'll collect
it".
 We visited five different beaches very similar to this one
called Rendezvous
Bay
  I was delighted to see some worthy
candidates for the "One Careful Owner" series
  Not only a
bus but a first, a six door
 One of the many salt ponds on
the island. The foam gets picked up from around the edges on the wind and
carried across the road like a mad escaping bubble bath
  We stopped for a
snack at Gee Wee's, on seeing the lunch menu and the
wonderful spicy aroma, it was time for lunch, early for us at
midday
  Bear had freshly
caught Butter Fish, I had Chicken Curry - delicious
 After lunch we found a place on the side
of the road that we could just see Beez from
 A bit of wiggling through the bushes and
there she is, the very last boat out on the left
 Next it was to Shoal Bay
to be able to put another tick in the 1000 places
book. A very worthy beach to be in the book. We had a nice long swim
before our next stop
  Cap Juluca,
(pronounced cap de-lou-ker) also worthy of being in the 1000 places book, but
ten minutes after we arrived it heaved down with rain and went very
dark
  The bay next to the hotels very own
exclusive Indian restaurant all but disappeared in the downpour
  Katrina had told us the hotel served
complimentary afternoon tea and cookies, we could also use the internet. Sprocka was playing solo for an hour in this very
luxurious five-star hotel, he has never missed a Monday in twenty two years and
can be found on his own website - just type in his name. Katrina and Ray were
there for a short time too.
  The stunning hand made Moroccan light fitting in the lounge, Bear at one of the two computers in this library, matching
one opposite on the other side of the main hallway.
 I felt it only right as complimentary
snacks kept arriving at our stunning balcony table that Bear buy us a glass of
wine each, his red and my rose came to thirty two American dollars. No surprise
that some of the rooms start at over four hundred dollars / villas up
to fifteen hundred dollars per night, well worth having a look on www.capjuluca.com made a nice photo
opportunity. We had mini cheeseburgers, crab cakes, broccoli quiche and meat
samosa all in miniature.
ALL IN ALL A PACKED
DAY IN PARADISE.
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