We were ready to leave...took a few more photos of the overturned boat on the reef and it was getting late in the day, but I really wanted to do Winifred Beach....
If you look at this photo, you can see the boat up the way that is stuck....
A better view of the boat....
Hubby chatted up the bartender while I walked the beach and talked to the vendors and took photos. A nice relaxed, laid back beach....not hair pulling or begging for money. A few polite requests...but nothing over the top.
Very few people on the beach....a couple with their young children and a elderly couple reading their books under a tree.
Met a nice Rasta who was doing some carving work on his gourds. What an art that is, and to watch him work was pretty cool.
I decided to walk up to the end of the beach where the old boat was...and I could some of the other eager vendors waiting for my arrival at their table. I thought to myself....on a beach like this it must be terribly hard to make a living. A few requests to buy some jewelry but I was pretty firm with my 'No thank you' answer. It just has to be that way....or a person would be broke traveling and buying.
This old boat seemed a perfect prop with a gorgeous background of the blue waters....
Thanked them all for their time and showing me their crafts....so I turned around and headed back to the bar area...
I walked past the Rasta carver and walked towards the cool looking painted bar...
Originally Posted by Sprat
We were ready to leave...took a few more photos of the overturned boat on the reef and it was getting late in the day, but I really wanted to do Winifred Beach....
If you look at this photo, you can see the boat up the way that is stuck....
A better view of the boat....
Hi Sprats ~ you know, we were roaming around Portie at the same time you were ... we were guests of the owners of one of the Blue Lagoon Villas shown above; regarding your photos of 'the capsized boat' ... nuff drama surrounding that you know. that was a drug run gone bad ~ :-( that boat was full to the brim ... a little opps ~
Thanks for your lovely pictures, they have bought back so many memories. I love Portie but it always rain on my parade and I don't love the "liquid sunshine". '!Runaway Bay Heart Hotel' was my home away from home, food was always outstanding so i know now that you have given it the pass mark, it was really good.
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