Isla Palominos -- another day, another beach
Moonbeam
David and Lynn Wilkie
Mon 4 Apr 2011 19:55
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18.20.946N 065.34.348W
We had enjoyed our time in Puerto Rico where within
a few miles you have both lovely country side and urban sprawl. We thought that
navigating by car would be easy when we were told to "turn left at the Burger
King" ! What we did not know was that there was a Burger King every junction or
so it seemed- certainly there were plenty of " fast food " joints!
We left Sunbay Marina on Friday morning having paid
our dues and checked out with immigration with the intention of starting the 400
mile sail to Turks and Caicos. However we then heard the weather forecast
suggesting that strong winds would effect the T and Cs as we were due to arrive
which was not what we wanted! So we motored over to Isla Palomino and picked up
a mooring with the intention of waiting 24 hours for the weather to pass;
however the forecast indicated strong winds further south so now the plan is to
leave on Tuesday!
Isla Palominos is a private resort island and when
we arrived only a couple of the moorings were occupied but by midday on Saturday
the "Puerto Rican Navy" was out to play with maybe a hundred boats anchored in
the bay, mainly off the beach south of our mooring.
  Mainly glossy power boats the locals use here to
party and laughter and loud music carried on until the early hours! Just astern
of us one boat inflated a small "island" where they sat and drank all
afternoon!
 
Even a Pizza Boat arrived!
Near our mooring was what appeared to be a small
select resort and on Saturday night they had a firework display and sang 'Happy
Birthday' but Lynn refused to believe I had arranged it especially.
Monday morning we woke to find all the boats
gone so we went to the beach , where we disturbed a 3ft iguana which was
having a wash down in the surf.
     
Come Monday the beach is empty!
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