More Fun in the TCIs
Storm’s a-Brewin’
Today we rented a car to get some chores done and visit other parts of the island. Laundry, propane tank refill, haircut (me), bought some Cuban cigars and visited an historical site. We are still here waiting for a weather window to move southeast, you can see the storm pictured above. But you know, I think I could live here. It’s the best place we’ve been since Vero Beach. Best meaning most civilized. By the way, I am including Riviera Beach, Florida, near West Palm Beach, as one of the lesser-civilized areas due mainly to crime and trashed-out cities.
The historic place we visited was at the top of a hill where many of the early European pioneers of these islands had carved their names in rock. In the picture below you can see names and the years 1821 and 1819. There are more, supposedly some from the 1700s but we didn’t find them.
I got one of the best haircuts of my life at a local spot where all the dudes were speaking highly animated Spanish. I wish I understood them more, they were having a great time. It took the barber about a half hour to cut my hair and man did he pay attention to detail. Below is a pre-barber longhair shot of us at the beach:
I’d put my post-barber shot on the blog but I’m afraid I look too much like a male model and it would go viral. My server couldn’t handle the load and would crash…
Anyway, I bought a few Cuban cigars: Cohiba, from Havana. Man are they good! All that stuff you hear about Cuban cigars is true. They are smooth.
What Winston Churchill (the Prime Minister) and I Have In Common