Teashop Quest
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Tue 1 Sep 2015 22:57
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Today We Try to Walk to the
Teashop
 Today, although we remain in
voluntary quarantine - until we rid ourselves completely of our bug – Bear
suggested we try to stretch our legs and walk to the teashop on the other side
of the island. I felt this was an ambitious project but we can always turn back
if necessary. Going ashore at really low tide was a
wiggly affair and Baby Beez looked quite stranded on
the beach.
  Up the steep hill
went the resort golf cart with some newbie luggage, we followed, although
we were offered a lift – do we look that pale ???
  We take a breather at the pineapple bed. Half way up we take a look at Beez Neez – in the middle.
 We make it to the top of the hill and
are rewarded with a view. So much reef.
  Navigation in these
parts is not for the nervous.
  The resort boss is having a home with a view built at the top of the hill, next to
one of the banks of solar panels.
   We read a bit about APS which gives us another breather. We step over a naked wire and pass a smoking ‘land
fill’. Bit concerned about them trying to burn
two gas cylinders.................. Moving on then.
 One more look at the view and then we follow the track into the
trees.
  We stop to enjoy a break in the foliage and the next thing Bear is extracting himself from a ditch. Upright, he wants the
camera from me [I always have the strap around my wrist] somehow the strap snags
and the camera crashes to the floor. It still works but now sports a chip in the
bottom right corner, this cup of tea we are en route to could be the finish of
us........
   We get to a fork, I suggest left, Bear
says right and off he goes. We begin going downhill and cross several bridges.
 We come out of the trees, find
ourselves on grass looking out between coconut trees we see a beach. Out on the
beach is there a teashop, no, we are just beyond the sandspit – on the wrong
side of the island. We are looking toward the gap between
our island and Turtle Island. The very picture we took in the Is It Blue
blog. Well, it’s a very low tide so we might be able to
walk through where we took Baby Beez, the teashop should be just around the
corner to the left. A little snag goes off in my head, I’ve heard
this sort of thing before but out pops OK we’ve come this far we might as well
give it a try.
  Off we go. It’s amazing to see so much sand.
 The Blue Lagoon
who pulled the plug out ???
 My now drooping spirit is lifted by this starfish.
 We walk as far as we
can beside the mangrove. It gets very muddy and we
start to sink in. Time to call it quits and turn round. Are we going back over the hill or shall we go along the
beach. I think its fifty fifty on distance. I’ll take the low road
then.... We remember a cruise ship is in [seen in the top picture] so we are not
really allowed to walk on the private bit of the beach today, yachties are
welcome the days when no boat is in bringing fare-paying-for-privacy-tourists.
Lets be good then - we walk back across the grass in the coconut trees and pop
out just beyond the sign explaining the rules. The resort is just a few hundred
yards away. I could really do with a beer. I
could settle for a glass of water and I don’t like the stuff..... Our teashop
walk of half an hour has now lasted three and we were still in our sick bed this
morning...........Mmmm.
    We arrive at the resort bar. Luke,
the barman hands us a glass of water when he sees our red faces. Bear is
impressed that his long-neck is suitably presented in
a wine cooler on ice. Fish and chips arrive for Bear,
his chips are crinkle cut crisps. I ordered a plate of potato fries to go with
my spring rolls and samosas. They have been left off
the order and when a nice lady arrives with a plate covered in foil, we both
look up at the silent ta-dah....... Oh I have crisps
too. Tired but fed, we get home and manage a game of backgammon and then very
early to bed.
ALL IN ALL I DIDN’T SET OUT
TO CIRCUMPED THE ISLAND
GOOD EXERCISE BUT WE MAY SUFFER
TOMORROW |