We rented a small Suzuki car late yesterday afternoon and drove until the end of the paved road at Punta Gourda, the oldest settlement on the Bay Islands and the home of the Garifuna people. We drove across island to Oak Ridge with it's stilted houses, then turned around heading back to French Harbour, the largest town on the Island, where we enjoyed a delicious seafood dinner at Gio's. Ramlo Andretti did well at the Pot Hole 500 until the 11th hour when the 12" tires could not negotiate the pot hole to Indonesia. A slight 6 min pit stop, two petzl headlamps, one hammer, one rock, one log and luckily a functional spare tire and we made it home without much delay (see photos).
This morning we had something other than peanut butter toast (a dive morning staple) for breakfast then ventured out with the Suzuki to do a loop around the west end of the island through Sandy Bay then on to Coxen Hole. We parked the car and took to the streets, stopping at the cruise ship port where we enjoyed an iced coffee and wandered though the air conditioned shops, it was a crazy contrast to the street just outside the gates, we could have been standing in any small port you would see in North America.
We continued to walk through the town of Coxen Hole where Noha snacked on a fresh BBQ cob of corn, then back to the car and over to Sandy Bay to visit Anthony's Key (from the accommodation short list during the planning stages for the trip). After having seen a good portion of the Island our choice to stay in West Bay was a perfect for the trip we were looking for. Came home, had lunch and lounged for the rest of the afternoon, with Vicky taking a stroll along the beach checking out the debris left behind from the afternoon winds. Back in for 2 dives tomorrow starting at 8:30.
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