Installment #3
We arrived at the airport and found a friendly, more than helpful taxi driver who whisked us away to the dock while telling us his whole life story. We were delivered to The Paradise Tours boat and ushered on board.
We arrived at the airport and found a friendly, more than helpful taxi driver who whisked us away to the dock while telling us his whole life story. We were delivered to The Paradise Tours boat and ushered on board.
The Paradise is a 40' vessel with a forward deck with chairs mounted and an interior cabin also full of mounted bright green benches, bright green a key word here. We set out with 30 adults all excited to reach Little Corn until about 15 minutes into our trip. The seas became huge and the boat rolled wildly, pitching and tossing about wave to wave. Soon almost all passengers mirrored the benches they were trying to stay seated on. One by one a few passengers succumbed to the sea sickness gripping us all. Thirty minutes later we threw open the doors and windows and a burst of fresh air flushed out the stench of sickness and refreshed us all.
We were met by a porter from the hotel with a rudimentary wheel barrow in which we placed our bags and set off for a 15 minute hike, in the dark, across the island on a slick muddy path. About three quarters the way the heavens unleashed a downpour which at first was comical then became a bit uncomfortable as the path grew slicker and our headlamps illuminated only the huge raindrops falling in front of us instead of the path. We could see the lights of our destination ahead and we all broke out in a run to the shelter. Dripping wet and laughing at our fortune we were greeted warmly and hurried out of the rain.
Little Corn Beach and Bungalows
This little oasis on Little Corn island is an Eco Friendly, and dog friendly, set up of huts and cabanas built of simple materials and modest amenities. The roofs are made of corrugated steel, the walls sheets of plywood that fit together like old puzzle pieces. The floors are hand cut planks the furniture all islanders rendition of high end beach chairs and tables. Pillapas abound, probably to escape the all of the sudden down pours the island is accustomed to. They have a quite efficient rain water catchment system they use for showers, toilets and tap, not for drinking. The grounds are nicely manicured by islanders that work quietly like an army of ants in a sand garden. A true oasis on a one and a half mile spit of sand 50 miles out in the Caribbean Sea.
This little oasis on Little Corn island is an Eco Friendly, and dog friendly, set up of huts and cabanas built of simple materials and modest amenities. The roofs are made of corrugated steel, the walls sheets of plywood that fit together like old puzzle pieces. The floors are hand cut planks the furniture all islanders rendition of high end beach chairs and tables. Pillapas abound, probably to escape the all of the sudden down pours the island is accustomed to. They have a quite efficient rain water catchment system they use for showers, toilets and tap, not for drinking. The grounds are nicely manicured by islanders that work quietly like an army of ants in a sand garden. A true oasis on a one and a half mile spit of sand 50 miles out in the Caribbean Sea.
5am...the power to the island shuts down. The fan by our bed moving the humid air from the nights torrential down pours slowly stops rotating and we are awoken by the sun streaming through the window by our bed. It is much too early. I turn over and strip off the sheet, get comfortable and drift back off to sleep.
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