Day 4

Day 4
May 17th, 2012
Today we woke up at a reasonable time and headed out with our snorkeling gear to explore the island. Instead of going left like we usually do, we headed right. our first stop was Herbert's Beach, which was supposed to be great for snorkeling. The waves were too high and there was no one else around, so we headed back. Our next stop was supposed to be another beach, but we ended up in the parking lot of a small college. We headed out again and passed "Coconut Walk Sugar Mill", so we drove in and discovered an awesome old sugar distillary. We walked a little further and found some old ruins covered in vines that looked like they could be from Greece. The road to the distillary looked like it headed further toward the beach, so we took it. We ended up next to a contruction site, but we carried on. When we came to a clearing, we could see the beach and something in the distance, but we couldn't figure out what it was. We first thought deer or goats, but eventually we discovered they were wild donkeys! It was so beautiful, with the wild donkeys running around on the beach by the ruins. I got so many pictures! Then we found some kind of old mill with steps that led way up so I climbed those and took some pictures. We kept driving and almost drove to a little rocky beach, but decided it was as far as our little "jeep"(a suzuki) would take us. We made a loop and found some more donkeys, then headed back to the road. We passed through a smaller town on the other side of the island and found a fairly good size store called "best buy". No, it didn't sell electronics.. We decided to loop back around later and do some shopping. We continued on to Charlestown. The whole island was so beautiful. We took so many pictures!

When we reached Charlestown, we parked at a little store and walked to "Gallows Bay" because it was supposed to be great for snorkeling. It looked really pretty, but we decided not to snorkel so we headed back into town. We found a Chinese restaurant and decided to try it out. When we got inside we found Katherine, the manager of the bungalows. We talked to her while we ate our chinese food. She told us all about Mt Nevis and about how long she'd been here on the island. She's lived here about 13 years. Right in the begining I caught her say "ewt" instead of "out", so I asked her if she was canadian. She said she was from the area above Lake Superior, but that she has dual citizenship. She travels back to visit about once a year. 
After we ate lunch we went nextdoor for some home made ice cream. it was delicious! then we headed back the other around the island to "best buy" to finish up our trip and head back home. it started raining like crazy while we were shopping, but by the time we were done it had stopped. By the time we got home we were both drenched in sweat so we headed to Oualie Bay for some snorkeling. We only snorkeled for a little while because the water was too cloudy. 
For dinner, we went to a little restaurant called "Lime" which mean to hang out to relax in Island lingo. It was delicious! Jake had their special rum drink called "Green Flash". We both had baby back ribs, rice and some fries. The owner was really nice! 

After that we headed back to the bungalow. It started to rain while we were driving, which we didn't think much of. Apparently we should've, because around midnight it started pouring down and got super windy. We ran around trying to close all the shutters. Jake managed to almost squish a gecko.He said he heard it say "I'll save you money on car...OOWWW" as he almost squished it. I don't believe him. It stormed all through the rest of the night and we woke up to a huuuuge puddle under the bed. Horray!