During our stay in Clarkes Court Bay, Mark and I checked out Nimrod’s Rum Shop in the tiny settlement of Woburn, one evening. We met Sep, the owner, and he invited us over for a party he was throwing the following Saturday. It was a reason to stay in the area and postpone our return to familiar and rolly Prickly Bay. We convinced our friends Sim and Rosie from SV Alianna (and it took a little bit of convincing, but the promise of free food and an invitation on Irie for brunch did the trick – did I ever mention that Rosie LOVES food as much as I do?) to come around the corner and join in the local festivities, not exactly knowing what to expect.
Friday, August 26, 2011
An Untraditional Weekend
During our stay in Clarkes Court Bay, Mark and I checked out Nimrod’s Rum Shop in the tiny settlement of Woburn, one evening. We met Sep, the owner, and he invited us over for a party he was throwing the following Saturday. It was a reason to stay in the area and postpone our return to familiar and rolly Prickly Bay. We convinced our friends Sim and Rosie from SV Alianna (and it took a little bit of convincing, but the promise of free food and an invitation on Irie for brunch did the trick – did I ever mention that Rosie LOVES food as much as I do?) to come around the corner and join in the local festivities, not exactly knowing what to expect.
As the evening progressed, we were offered a second dish, fish broth. As far as we could tell, it existed of sea urchin and squid. It did taste very good to Rosie, Mark and me, who gratefully finished the whole thing. Sim –who doesn’t eat fishy stuff- declined. He filled up on the meaty parts before, which he really enjoyed and hopes to prepare himself one day. The rain came and went and when “cruiser’s bedtime” (10pm) came around we said goodbye to our new friends and thanked everybody for a wonderful evening. The hospitality we encountered was one of a kind and we truly enjoyed the local experience.
Sunday morning started with a yummie brunch on Irie. Sim, Rosie, Jan and Susan (SV Peter Pan) and later Bjorn joined us on board for food and relaxation. In the afternoon, the girls walked and the boys dinghied over to Roger’s Beach Bar on Hog Island, where the weekly BBQ and party took place. We ran into old and new, western and local friends and had a nice afternoon. The drinks went down easy, the live reggae music was groovy, but we passed on the food which was a bit pricey. Instead, we all returned to Irie for some wonderful fajitas. It was a great and social end of a great, social, fun and tasty weekend!
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3 comments:
What a wonderful weekend. Thanks guys for encouraging us to come and join you. Rosie and Sim.XX
You are oh so welcome! It wouldn't have been the same without you two!! :-)
I was nice meeting you all.Hope to see you get back so i can cook some good food for you all.Bless
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