We passed all sorts of safari trucks, waiting to take disembarking passengers to their excursions, tours and shopping in town. We’re always amazed at the size of these things, and how they keep getting larger and larger like small cities! The stuff may be duty free, but they more than make up for that in price it ain’t cheap. Before heading back, we walked through the cruise ship terminal’s duty-free stores. There was also a gourmet food store, where we chose some hard to find goodies, but no food for everyday meals. We found a grocery store that was ok, and a liquor store that had one of Scott’s favorite spiced rum’s he hadn’t seen since leaving Key West. As we jumped out and paid the driver, Scott thanked him with a friendly “Gracias!” He’d obviously need time to undo 15 months of Spanish language on the brain. There were doorbell-like switches that ran along the ceiling of the trucks. Safari buses service the island, for $1.00 per person, per ride, and it was just a short walk (up a steep hill) to catch one that would take us to town. Before I left, our first order of business was to stock Scott up with food (and drink) while I was away, so we headed for a grocery store. Thomas, and I could just as easily fly home to the states from here. We’d made some good easting from Puerto Rico to St. They are the first blog followers that we’ve gotten to meet in person, and it was fun to spend a bit of time with them, before I headed back to the states. Tristin and Martina had recently began cruising, and we’d exchanged emails about questions and concerns as they prepared to leave. We also came to Brewer’s Bay to meet a couple who had been following our blog. However, the views on the other side of the bay more than made up for the incoming and outgoing planes:

The anchorage was definitely close to the airport. We chose to anchor in Brewer’s Bay for several reasons: it was a quick ride to the airport, for me to fly in and out, it was much less crowded than the bays closer to the town of Charlotte Amalie, it had easy beach access for leaving the dinghy and from there it was just steps to the main road. Howard felt it his duty to make sure we were on course.

We enjoyed the passing scenery, while heading for our anchorage in Brewer’s Bay: rocky islands, huge houses under construction, green hills and blue water.

Dinghy dock culebra hurricane aftermath