SXM Trip Part 6-2/7

After enjoying a really great day at Happy Bay it was time to head back to the villa with the intentions of going over to Maho later to watch the sunset. Once back in the villa my wife said she wasn't feeling very good and frankly neither was I. We had been going a million miles an hour and we both were out of steam, so we kicked back and chilled out for a while. We actually ended up falling asleep for several hours and woke up after the sun had set. Still feeling less than perfect, we drove to a nearby store and picked up some water, chicken noodle soup and some kinda sorbet, makings of a very romantic gourmet dinner in the villa woohoooo! I wish we had found this well stocked store earlier in the week, it's so non descript that we missed it all week, it's just a mile up the road on the left heading towards Marigot. In the villa we discovered there were only 2 channels that were in English, but at least the movie channel was! We watched a couple mindless B movies and at some point called it a night. Sorry, no photo's of this not so exciting portion of our trip, but let's imagine what the sunset might have looked like, shall we.....





In the morning we were still feeling exhausted, but that didn't stop us from enjoying another incredible sunrise from our villa at NBBC.




Considering that this was our last full day on the island, we decided to do something totally foreign to us when vacationing, we did absolutely NOTHING! We chose to find out firsthand what all the talk is about regarding "villa gravity." Through the years we've stayed at some fantastic villas, but we can't remember ever spending an entire day just lazing around, but keep in mind that we are new members to the empty nester club!! Oh well, let's give it a try!!









Once we had our coffee and tea ready we moved outside to begin our day of relaxation on our extremely comfortable beachfront patio. In my vegetative state I almost didn't notice little miss island girl sneaking up on us. Glad I had my cell phone to take these shots. I wonder if she still thinks about me like I do her? and I don't even know her name.






Nettle Bay Beach Club really is a beautiful complex and the grounds are kept very clean by the nice staff we saw every morning. Our villa was very comfortable and the area in and around NBBC was super quiet all week, perhaps that's because of the full time residents that live here? We rarely saw or heard another person in our section of villas. I saw one other person swimming in the refreshing beach front pool all week.









We periodically caught up on emails as we lounged, making everyone at home in Virginia jealous by texting photos of our warm sunny adventures. Some would reply with photos of them shoveling snow, now that made me jealous, NOT! As we were working on our tan, in my case my pinkness, I looked way up in a palm tree and discovered this little guy staring down at us, cool.

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The day really consisted of basic lounging in a big way, we'd get up to get a drink, grab a snack and/or the occasional stroll out onto the beach, perfect. Oh and my wife will kill me when she sees this, but I had to document her tending to my most traumatic injury! By the way, the nail continues to survive to this day, however it's sporting a lovely black and burgundy hue.


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Later in the afternoon we worked up enough energy to actually "drive" down to Dreams, WOW...now that was laaaaaazy!! We had really enjoyed their pizza on our first night and that sounded perfect for tonight's dinner... may we get that to go please? Merci beaucoup!


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To be continued....<img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Cheers.gif" alt="" />