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Back To Reality
May 26, 2007

I'm feeling a little flaky after the Jump-Up, but a scrambled egg and bacon croissant in Cafe Ole sorts me out. We're a bit early for the "Aquabelle", as this semi-submarine is known, but we are soon chugging out towards the Reef.

Once we are in situ we are asked to go downstairs where we straddle a seat that enables us to see out of both port and starboard windows. This isn't for the claustrophobic or the bad traveller. For a couple of minutes I think I am going to have to go back on the top deck despite the beautiful blueness surrounding the hull. I'm glad I stay though as we are rewarded with shoals and shoals of Sergeant Major Fish and Yellow-Tailed Snapper. Plus Trumpet Fish, Parrot Fish and all manner of coral shapes. We both miss the tuna and turtles that are apparently spotted.

When we are back on dry land we decide to see if we can find the "pub" we passed on the way back into the harbour, which turns out to be a bit of a trek! But we sit it out and have lunch, in the hope that the clouds that have built up over Rodney Bay since morning will break and we can spend our last full day on the island sunning ourselves on Redouit Beach!

It doesn't really, so we have to go home without the most touristy looking photos we could have returned with! Ah Well!!!

However we do find somewhere, Claudes, to book for our "Last Supper"...

We return in the evening to Fish Chowder, Conch, Spring Rolls [in a tropical stylee] and a Rack Of Baby Ribs... and a bottle of Pinot and 2 x cocktails... All for £60. It's too hot to hang around for desert though, which is a shame. They could really do with a bit of air-con, even though it's outside!

We bus it back to the guest house and when we get off the bus the guy that asked us for change for Rizlas earlier is there... He's a bit taken aback when I ask him if he still needs Rizla money and hand him all the loose change we have left.

We had spotted John, in Tilley's, on the way out and tentatively arranged to meet for Rum later. But he's nowhere to be seen so we have a night cap and call it a night... I realise now, looking at my notes that I obviously sat up with some rum and waxed lyrical about all and nothing for at least another half dozen pages before going to bed but I'll spare you all that now!

Lambert meets us earlier than arranged in the morning and before we know it we've said our farewells to John, Will and Stephanie and a day back at the Reef is over and we are on a plane heading home... Planning our next visit.

Categories: Food & Drink, Travel

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