A Day at the beach

A DAY AT THE BEACH

May 1 4 PCV’s joined a pensioners bus trip to discovery bay, Puerto Seco beach. Amazingly the bus trip took 2 ½ hours to go across the island- the good news was that the bus was a government bus - big, huge windows and nice seats with no smalling up! We stoped at faith’s Pen- an Jamaican landmark with a row of Red Stripe wooden booths selling jerk chicken, pork, festival etc. then we drove through Fern Gully- truly a deep gully with wonderful ferns growing along the sides. A very narrow road so sometimes the bus had to stop to let another big bus pass us. Was interesting to talk with some of the retirees and hear about where they grew up along the way.
The beach was one that charged (JA $350 for adults) and was fabulous! Very clean, nice little cement picnic tables all around, the water was fabulous- so blue and clear- you could swim along and see to the bottom. Lunch was included in our feed- the usual beach fair of chicken, rice and peas and a coleslaw. I actually had a chance to swim along the buoy line, and then had fun teaching a Jamaican senior how to float- she was so thrilled! Just being at the beach felt so relaxing!