Unfortunately, most of the shops were closed on a Sunday. It was still pretty nice though.

It was like they were spewing all the water out in anger from not being able to breach the cliff. With a promise to come back with vengeance…

Every time a wave crested, the wind blew off the top like a plume of smoke…

Once the rain started, we scooted in our golf cart as fast as we could. It was not fast enough. We were fairly wet by the time we took shelter in Abaco Inn. The place was totally crowded with many other tourists getting the same idea as us. You could see the ocean had gotten angry with high waves and furious winds.

The picture does not do justice to how beautiful this place is. Tahiti beach is where you can see the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The sand bars go a quarter mile in.

We met a family from Alpharetta (that too near downtown Alpharetta) and one from Cumming on the beach!!

However, we did not spend much time there since we could see the rains rolling in from the Atlantic side. We knew we were going to be in for some sharp island showers.

After reaching Elbow Cay, we grabbed a golf cart and reached Firefly Sunset Resort for lunch

That was one heck of a rough ride. The winds are very strong today and the waters are extra choppy.

Have you ever finished brushing your teeth and then realized that there is no water coming from the tap? Well, I woke up to that fact this morning!! It was too early to call the building management to figure out what was going on. Well, it was too early, but I did call and leave two voicemails.

We had enough water to make coffee, tea and all that. But toilet was the issue. Well, after about an hour of drinking coffee/tea, we laid out our plans.

The three of us grabbed three trashcans from the bathrooms and headed to the pool to get water to fill up the toilet tank. Midway thru my walk, I heard the downstairs folks yell that water had come back.

I started yelling myself. First to Sharmila and Dipanjan to not worry about filling from the pool. And then to Parijat who was taking pictures of us from the unit to check for water.

Finally, made friends with the folks downstairs. The lady has been coming to the island for the last 35 years. She lives in Wyoming for six months and here for six months.

When I asked her about the water, she nonchalantly said – “Oh! this happens in the island all the time!!”

It was a hectic day. Feeding the swimming pigs of Noname Cay, feeding the sharks and stingrays in Nunjack Cay, feeding ourselves in Green Turtle Cay… not to speak of the small stint at volleyball before all this. I was ready to go up to the room after we got out of the car when Dipanjan came up with this bright idea – let’s go sit by the beach.

Bereft of any better ideas, we followed him. Nobody else was there. But the bright embers of a beach fire that was evidently lit that evening was glowing vigorously. Sitting by it and warming up the feet felt heavenly!!