ISV - Trip Report - Day 4
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:51 am
Day1
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Day2
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Day3
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Woke up to another beautiful day.
Today we figured we would go to another beach. We noticed the other day when we drove past Trunk and Hawknest the other day, they were really busy. We figured a quiet beach and easy to get to would be Caneel.
After our friends cooked breakfast and cleaned up we headed towards town and up the North Shore Road. We decided to avoid the “short cut” to the North Shore Road. We parked just outside of the resort on the road and noticed the “$10 parking fee” sign. We grabbed all of our things and headed to the gate. The woman outside the gate approached us and we asked about the fee. She said that was only for it you parked in their lot and we thought that maybe we would do that instead of walking all the way down to the beach, but being they were closed, so was the parking lot. So we just proceeded through the gate with all of our gear in tow and headed to the beach.
Being that the resort was opening in less then two weeks, there was a lot of activity at the resort. Maintenance workers were clearing debris on the beach, putting the water sports back on the beach, etc. We found one area of the beach where we set up. No one else was there at the time (besides the Caneel staff) so we had the beach to ourselves. There were 2 Caneel beach chairs on the beach and we thought we would use them since no one else would be using them. Of course we got yelled at when we wanted to use them. I felt like asking them, “Who is going to use them?” They were probably out for the workers -
Anyway, we did some snorkeling and saw some fish and a turtle. The water was very clear and calm.
We enjoyed the beach for a couple hours and noticed a few more stragglers coming in. All and all it was a great beach to relax on without too many people. When we felt like we had enough R&R we headed back to the jeep. As we were walking closer to the main gate we saw a few deer just hanging out on the grounds.
We drove back towards town and stopped at Mongoose Junction for a refreshment at the Gecko Gazebo.
For dinner we thought that we would go to La Tapa since its always one of the restaurants we want to hit and they would be closed the next day (they close on Tuesdays). We sat outside and enjoyed the live jazz.
My friend and I split the paella, while my husband and our other friend had the rib eye and mahi mahi. All and all it was a great dinner as it usually is at La Tapa.
With our bellies full, we headed back to the villa and bed.
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Day2
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Day3
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Woke up to another beautiful day.
Today we figured we would go to another beach. We noticed the other day when we drove past Trunk and Hawknest the other day, they were really busy. We figured a quiet beach and easy to get to would be Caneel.
After our friends cooked breakfast and cleaned up we headed towards town and up the North Shore Road. We decided to avoid the “short cut” to the North Shore Road. We parked just outside of the resort on the road and noticed the “$10 parking fee” sign. We grabbed all of our things and headed to the gate. The woman outside the gate approached us and we asked about the fee. She said that was only for it you parked in their lot and we thought that maybe we would do that instead of walking all the way down to the beach, but being they were closed, so was the parking lot. So we just proceeded through the gate with all of our gear in tow and headed to the beach.
Being that the resort was opening in less then two weeks, there was a lot of activity at the resort. Maintenance workers were clearing debris on the beach, putting the water sports back on the beach, etc. We found one area of the beach where we set up. No one else was there at the time (besides the Caneel staff) so we had the beach to ourselves. There were 2 Caneel beach chairs on the beach and we thought we would use them since no one else would be using them. Of course we got yelled at when we wanted to use them. I felt like asking them, “Who is going to use them?” They were probably out for the workers -
Anyway, we did some snorkeling and saw some fish and a turtle. The water was very clear and calm.
We enjoyed the beach for a couple hours and noticed a few more stragglers coming in. All and all it was a great beach to relax on without too many people. When we felt like we had enough R&R we headed back to the jeep. As we were walking closer to the main gate we saw a few deer just hanging out on the grounds.
We drove back towards town and stopped at Mongoose Junction for a refreshment at the Gecko Gazebo.
For dinner we thought that we would go to La Tapa since its always one of the restaurants we want to hit and they would be closed the next day (they close on Tuesdays). We sat outside and enjoyed the live jazz.
My friend and I split the paella, while my husband and our other friend had the rib eye and mahi mahi. All and all it was a great dinner as it usually is at La Tapa.
With our bellies full, we headed back to the villa and bed.
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Have been enjoying your TR installments ! The Villa looks Amazing !! The photo's are Beautiful !! ahhhhhhhhhh the Gorgeous Blue waters & Beaches Look incredible. So happy The Sun Gods were shining upon ya's 
Thanks for sharing ~ Rachelle