Mambo Beach

We woke to sunshine and whole new attitude. Nothing like what a good nights sleep will do for you. We both slept very well last night. The beds are very comfortable and the place is quiet.

I have to hit the water this morning. So, I get changed into my bathing suit and walk outside. We are at the end of the property and there is a nice beach area 3 meters from our door. The sand is fine and very soft but hard packed enough to walk with ease. I pull up a sun lounge into the shade and head down to the ocean. There was no hesitation at all just walk right in and dive. The water is beautiful and at least 29C– 32C. They have a break wall to enclose a swimming and snorkeling area and protect it from the open ocean. This keeps large fish and predators out of the swimming area. The water is crystal clear and you can see the bottom for most of it. I haven’t been swimming since Greece so this was so nice. I get out and lay on my lounge chair and read and soak up the atmosphere.

Gabi and I head out for breakfast at a different restaurant than last nights dinner. We both had crepes for breakfast with a selection of fruit and sweet breads. Afterwards we lounged around in the beach chairs and people watched and read for a while. We spot a couple of wind surfers out beyond the break wall having a blast in the wind and waves. I'm a little old for that myself (and way too out of shape!) but it is nice to see. The weather is beautiful. There are a few clouds and a gentle breeze, thank goodness. Gabi and I are both not sun people so we stay in the shade even with the sunscreen on.

As we were sitting there, we found our first little friend; a sand crab. He was actually a nice size. We also spotted a nice green lizard. Check out the pictures!

We head off for lunch and see a couple from our plane ride down. They invite us to join them for lunch so we do. This place is more of a bistro type restaurant with bar food. I grab the roast chicken and fries and Gabi has a burger with fries. This couple was from Curtis, up by Oshawa. They unfortunately had lost their luggage and it was still not here. They also liked to travel. They liked to go to Portugal and it is somewhere I would also go. It was a pleasant lunch. While there we spotted a couple iguanas. More photo ops!

The rest of the afternoon was spent reading and relaxing. After another swim I have a shower and we checked out the casino. It is small but has a fair number of machines. Mostly 1 cent to 5 cent machines. Gabi lost her amount of money pretty quickly and I managed to play for a while and came out even.

We then went for dinner afterwards at the buffet again. On the way in we stopped at the bar a each got a Pina Colada. They were yummy! I think we found our drink for the week!

Afterwards we head back to our room to write this up and relax.Meer informatie