ISV - Trip Report - Day 3
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:31 am
Our first morning with all of us together was spent eating breakfast on the outside patio. I offered to make the first breakfast for the trip and our friends would do the same the next day. While Island Stones was a great villa, pots and pans were a bit lacking as far as having a good variety. There was a large griddle on the range, so maybe that is why there wasn’t any fry pans. So I made due and we enjoyed a nice breakfast.
We then decided to get ready to go to Cinnamon Bay for a little bit. Since it was our 3rd day on the island and haven’t been to a beach yet, we thought this would be a nice one to go to and plus it was the closest beach from our villa. Well we get into the jeep and my husband starts the jeep. Yup, NOTHING. It would not start - DEAD BATTERY. Okay no worries, we’ll just call Courtesy and have them give us a jump? Well we still did not have any cell service and tried every section of the property to get through and nothing worked. The phones in the villa were not set up yet so we couldn’t even use them. We felt stranded. All of a sudden my husband heard a nearby car leaving down the road and ran down screaming and he says that he thinks they saw him, but just sped up. I guess they didn’t want to get involved. I walked done the road a bit to see if I could get a signal further down the road but still nothing. All of a sudden I heard some kind of rustling down below and mentioned it to my husband. He then shouted “anyone there”?
Turns out it was one of our villa neighbors doing some gardening. THANK GOODNESS! We found some help! She was very nice and told us that we could get service further down the road (by the ruins). (On a side note, there
was a beautiful ruin right on the road on the way to our villa).
We both looked at each other and thought we have to walk farther? Then she asked if we had AT&T and we told her we had Verizon. That’s why we were not getting any service. We explained to her our situation and how we had no way of contacting the rental company. We gave her the copy of the rental contract and she went in to her villa to make the call. It was nice because as we were waiting for Courtesy to arrive, she was telling us interesting history on the original owners of the Island Stones property. We also asked about getting to Cinnamon Bay. She told us if we continued on the road we can get to it, as long as we had 4 wheel drive - not a problem we have a jeep.
Around 15 minutes later we finally heard another jeep come up the road. Courtesy did find the place and jumped the jeep. However, they were just going to leave. My husband explained how he has been a mechanic for over 15 years and that he knows that the jeep will just die again and it needs a new battery. After a bit of convincing, they agreed and Courtesy went back into town to give us a new battery. Before he left, my husband showed him the view of the villa. Even he was impressed. Another half passed and he did come back with a new battery. Meanwhile, my friend and I just decided make due with the time and relax in the pool which wasn’t so bad.
Finally the new battery was successfully installed and we were back in business.
We all got back into the jeep and headed down to Cinnamon Bay. Well lets just say the not so great road turned into a nonexistent road. We did have the jeep in 4 wheel drive, but the road was so up ended with rocks and ditches. I am not sure if all the rain made the road worse, but we realized that we were not going back that way. I noticed along the way 2 other villas, Hakuna Matata and Jungle Stones. We couldn’t see them from the road, but I couldn’t imagine trying to get to these villas on a daily basis. After a lot of bumping up and down on the road, we finally made it to the North Shore road. Cinnamon Bay was just down the road. I was surprised as to how many people were there. We found a nice spot to relax. My husband and I did some snorkeling for a while. We did try and find our villa from the beach but unsuccessfully located it. The only thing we may have seen was a part of the roof from the villa sticking out of all the vegetation, but still not 100%.
After a few hours on the beach we were all getting a little thirsty. We wound up heading back on North Shore Road into Cruz Bay. We stopped at the old Surly Cantina for a few tacos and beers. Then had another drink at the Beach Bar.
On our way back to the villa we realized we were low on suppies (beer) so we stopped at the Dolphin Market. That night we figured we would have one of the dinners I had prepped by St. John Catering. I decided to go with the grill back “Ginger and Tamarind Glazed Pork Loin with Pineapple Chutney”. My husband grilled the pork on the outside grill and we enjoyed our first dinner at the villa.
Life was good. After dinner it was time for bed.
We then decided to get ready to go to Cinnamon Bay for a little bit. Since it was our 3rd day on the island and haven’t been to a beach yet, we thought this would be a nice one to go to and plus it was the closest beach from our villa. Well we get into the jeep and my husband starts the jeep. Yup, NOTHING. It would not start - DEAD BATTERY. Okay no worries, we’ll just call Courtesy and have them give us a jump? Well we still did not have any cell service and tried every section of the property to get through and nothing worked. The phones in the villa were not set up yet so we couldn’t even use them. We felt stranded. All of a sudden my husband heard a nearby car leaving down the road and ran down screaming and he says that he thinks they saw him, but just sped up. I guess they didn’t want to get involved. I walked done the road a bit to see if I could get a signal further down the road but still nothing. All of a sudden I heard some kind of rustling down below and mentioned it to my husband. He then shouted “anyone there”?
Turns out it was one of our villa neighbors doing some gardening. THANK GOODNESS! We found some help! She was very nice and told us that we could get service further down the road (by the ruins). (On a side note, there
was a beautiful ruin right on the road on the way to our villa).
We both looked at each other and thought we have to walk farther? Then she asked if we had AT&T and we told her we had Verizon. That’s why we were not getting any service. We explained to her our situation and how we had no way of contacting the rental company. We gave her the copy of the rental contract and she went in to her villa to make the call. It was nice because as we were waiting for Courtesy to arrive, she was telling us interesting history on the original owners of the Island Stones property. We also asked about getting to Cinnamon Bay. She told us if we continued on the road we can get to it, as long as we had 4 wheel drive - not a problem we have a jeep.
Around 15 minutes later we finally heard another jeep come up the road. Courtesy did find the place and jumped the jeep. However, they were just going to leave. My husband explained how he has been a mechanic for over 15 years and that he knows that the jeep will just die again and it needs a new battery. After a bit of convincing, they agreed and Courtesy went back into town to give us a new battery. Before he left, my husband showed him the view of the villa. Even he was impressed. Another half passed and he did come back with a new battery. Meanwhile, my friend and I just decided make due with the time and relax in the pool which wasn’t so bad.
Finally the new battery was successfully installed and we were back in business.
We all got back into the jeep and headed down to Cinnamon Bay. Well lets just say the not so great road turned into a nonexistent road. We did have the jeep in 4 wheel drive, but the road was so up ended with rocks and ditches. I am not sure if all the rain made the road worse, but we realized that we were not going back that way. I noticed along the way 2 other villas, Hakuna Matata and Jungle Stones. We couldn’t see them from the road, but I couldn’t imagine trying to get to these villas on a daily basis. After a lot of bumping up and down on the road, we finally made it to the North Shore road. Cinnamon Bay was just down the road. I was surprised as to how many people were there. We found a nice spot to relax. My husband and I did some snorkeling for a while. We did try and find our villa from the beach but unsuccessfully located it. The only thing we may have seen was a part of the roof from the villa sticking out of all the vegetation, but still not 100%.
After a few hours on the beach we were all getting a little thirsty. We wound up heading back on North Shore Road into Cruz Bay. We stopped at the old Surly Cantina for a few tacos and beers. Then had another drink at the Beach Bar.
On our way back to the villa we realized we were low on suppies (beer) so we stopped at the Dolphin Market. That night we figured we would have one of the dinners I had prepped by St. John Catering. I decided to go with the grill back “Ginger and Tamarind Glazed Pork Loin with Pineapple Chutney”. My husband grilled the pork on the outside grill and we enjoyed our first dinner at the villa.
Life was good. After dinner it was time for bed.
(funny, both storms started with O's)