Day 4: Tuesday, June 9, 2009

After our morning detecting and breakfast, we went in search of the big Marriott beach.  The Marriott is one of the nicest and biggest resorts on the island, and has the second largest beach, but is actually the largest one Adam can detect.  (Magen's Bay is the largest, but it's government-owed, so no detecting.)  We finally found it (breathtaking views from the hilltop the resort is perched on!) and a lovely, big sandy beach lined with chairs and watersport rentals.  Unfortunately, that day (and the whole week), the surf was up in that direction, so Adam couldn't get in the water to detect.  Since the beach itself is so populated and lined with chairs, it was difficult for him.  So after a couple hours, he decided to come back at daybreak one morning to try that beach before everyone got there.

From there we headed to Cowpet Beach, the bay that the Elysian Beach Resort sits on.  We LOVED this beach and resort.  We're thinking of looking into staying here if the price is right sometime.  Very, very nice grounds, beautiful tree-lined beach with chairs and hammocks...  Adam had a great time detecting it.  He found a ton of coins here too, and finally! - a gold and diamond men's wedding band!  yay!  I enjoyed the snorkeling, about on par with what it was like at Secret Harbor, but a much smaller area.  My favorite part of this beach was the cushioned hammock on the point.  I loved rocking and lying there reading - one of my favorite memories!  (We came back here again, you'll read later.)

That night I wanted to go to a seafood restaurant at the Bolongo Bay Beach Resort, called the Lobster Grille.  We got to the resort (really pretty resort, reminded me of Holiday Isle where we used to go in the Keys for Spring Break) but unfortunately the Lobster Grille wasn't open that night.  Since we were there, hungry, and didn't feel like driving around, we walked over to their Beach Bar, Iggie's and ate there.  It was better than I thought, but not good enough for what the bill came to.  I wish the other place had been open... but we still had a nice dinner and it was right on the beach.  Another great day in paradise!