Lots of Pool time in Providenciales

Our wonderful marina vacation continued this week as Evelyn and Caroline arrived on March 20th. Their plane arrived a bit late (all that Toronto snow slowed their departure) but we quickly got into island time by having a late lunch at a great restaurant called Mango Reef. We took advantage of the last day of the rental car and filled our trunk with some wine and lots of groceries for the week. We made our way back to the boat and the girls were thoroughly impressed by the resort and marina. After a little pool time, we had low key dinner and went to bed early (those 5 am airport runs really take it out of you).

The next day, March 21, was a partially sunny day with a few sprinkles over the course of the day. The unpredictable weather didn’t deter us from our pool and beach time. We swam a bit, read a bit and relaxed a whole bunch. We ended our first full day together with a wonderful sip poolside.

On Friday, March 22, Samantha flew in to spend 5 days with us. Samantha is a university friend of Caroline’s but she has become great friends with Evelyn too. Although Sam was quite tired she still explored a bit of the resort and enjoyed Mark’s amazing rib dinner. We ended the night with some good tunes and great conversation.

Saturday was our shopping day. We took the 10:40am shuttle to Blue Haven’s sister resort so we could visit the Salt Mills shopping area. We got lucky this time because a couple asked to be dropped off just before the shopping area so we got off at the same time – didn’t have to walk back from the resort. We had lots of fun looking through the shops (a second time for Mark and I but still interesting) and all the ladies bought some nice items. We had lunch right beside the shopping area and then walked back to the sister resort to catch the shuttle back to Blue Haven. The sister resort called The Alexandra, is much larger than Blue Haven and is situated with a lot of other resorts. It has more restaurants, 2 pools and a much larger beach area but Blue Haven seems nicer (and has the marina!!).

We still have 3 more days to explore the area. We’re planning a dinghy ride through the canals behind the resort. We’re also hoping to get out to the north side of the island to snorkel the reef. If the prediction holds, Tuesday will be a good day for that adventure.