Green Turtle Club

(Monday March 7 - Dist: 20.8 mi; Avg Speed: 7.6 mph; TTT: 2:45 hrs)

The photos do not do justice to the colours and the clarity of the water.  It was spooky travelling along at a normal speed and seeing the bottom as clearly as if it was your aquarium at home.  I just wanted to stop and throw out the anchor for a bit of a swim but we were very close to the Green Turtle Club and planned to lunch at the Tiki Bar there.  This was to be an interesting stop because of the special package that the marina was offering.  In short, everything that you ate or drank from the restaurant or bar was taken off your dockage fees.  In our case we could eat and drink $80 per day for no additional charge for docking.  As it turned out that was not a problem for any of us.  The food was very good, the service excellent, the pool very nice and the company was fun.  We even enjoyed a wedding one night, bingo another and then a live band.  The resort was fun.

New Plymouth, a small town a couple of miles from the resort, was quite interesting.  We spent a day exploring the town and its bars.... and we found some good ones. 

The most interesting was Miss Emily's Blue Bee Bar, the originator of the Goombay Smash.  A very fine drink that was created by the current owners grandmother.  Four different rums, some pineapple juice and who knows what else.  While there, the owners cousin, a tour guide, brought in 4 visitors to sample this world famous drink.  He enjoyed one as well and then to show off to the ladies jumped atop the counter from a standing start; the counter was at least four feet high. 

Another neat spot was Pineapples over looking the bay across from New Plymouth.  Here Linda, after 2 Goombay Smashes, chose a Pina Coloda....unbelievable from 2 perspectives. 1) Linda rarely has 2 drinks ever and 2) it was an awesome looking drink with a ton of rum.

On the way back we had to spot at the Yacht Club to check it out. 

Not bad, good pool, some decent rates at the marina and of course a Tiki Bar.




I'll end this update with a number of random photos from our 3 night stay at the Green Turtle Club.