We decide go to the Blue Pineapple snack bar for a late breakfast, and pile in the dinghy. It is a pretty waterside location and the view across the calm bay is beautiful from our table.
Photo: View from the Blue Pineapple over Cook’s Bay
We order fresh juice, eggs, bacon and pancakes and when the huge plate arrives, we realise that we are eating breakfast and lunch! There are chickens wandering around the restaurant, a rather incongruous sight, but they are very pretty ones.
I walk through the grounds of the resort afterwards. It’s a bit tatty around the edges and needs a bit of TLC but the surrounding views are fantastic.
Photos: Views of the Bali Hi Resort, Cook’s Bay
We go in search of the supermarket, which we are assured is open on Sunday mornings but when we find it, it’s closed. We sit for a while to admire the views, then head back.
Photo: Boat cradle, Cooks Bay
We meet Ana and Jim from Ocean Jasper as we walk along the road and invite them over for a drink tonight, then carry on walking in the hope that the Mobil petrol station in the distance continues with the normal convention of having a convenience shop where we can buy a couple of things like juice and bread. It does, although no bread today, so we buy Magnums instead and gobble them down quickly before they melt in the 34 degrees of heat. The two cartons of juice, one bottle of lemonade, two bags of crisps, one bottle of mosquito repellent and four magnums (yes, healthy shopping, huh?) comes to nearly £50!
On the way back to Jeannius, Casey from Wild Tigris waves us over and then invites us for cocktails tonight. As we have already invited Ocean Jasper, we invite him and his crew over to us instead, but we hop aboard for a look around. Wild Tigris is 30 years old and the biggest boat taking part in the rally. As we sit in the spacious saloon we realise that Casey has a cunning plan inviting us over – as Mike is appropriated in an attempt to fix their computer problems.
Photo: That speck at the front of Wild Tigris is me ……
Photo: …… And just to prove it, a close up!
We give Jeannius a quick once over as we are expecting guests and around 4 pm Mike suggests I bake a cake. I in turn, suggest that since it’s his idea, he can bake a cake, so he does, and it turns out pretty good. It’s another banana one done in the bread maker.
Just a few people for sundowners turns into quite a little party in the end.
Photo: Ana and Jim from Ocean Jasper
Photo: Bob, Tom and Carole
Photo: Myself, Mike, Jutta, John, Maggie and Jochem
Photo: Maggie and Bob pose with Gerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead aka Jochem
Photo: Bob, Suzanna, Maggie and Jochem
Photo: Sophia, Ana and Paul
Photo: Casey and Tom posing
Photo: I always have to have my cuddle with Paul
Photo: Sophia and Sean
Our cupboards, which start out pretty bare as far as alcohol is concerned, soon get depleted, despite the additions which are brought onto the boat by our guests.
Towards the end of the evening, John passes the table and picks up his can of beer, taking a large swig of it. Unfortunately, he fails to notice that his can has gone and the one he has picked up is the one which has been used by Jutta all evening as an ash tray. He barely makes it to the edge of the boat before heaving its contents back over the side. Poor boy. How we all laughed. He’ll sniff every can he ever drinks from in future.
Interesting people!!
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