Aquamare

Aquamare

We got to the villa – as one of the gents staying in the similar villa next to ours said, “welcome to paradise.”  The place is amazing – it’s like three separate units.  The public part is a gourmet kitchen with two refrigerators, a wine fridge (very convenient given the smuggled wine), a big kitchen table, a round table for eight on the covered patio, all open doors, a big sitting area, high ceilings, and nice sized infinity pool with a beautiful view of Sir Francis Drake channel.

Outside on one side is the entrance to two of the bedrooms.  Maddy and Toni are  sharing one suite, and Carly is in the lower king suite.  All five of the bedrooms have very cool outdoor rain showers (with a roof and plenty of privacy).  It’s like a comfortable shower in the jungle.  The other three king suites are on the other side of the house.  We took the top level, Anne and TJ took the middle level, and Torie is on the bottom level.  All of the suites are huge.

Then we went down to the private beach (shared by the three villas).  Kayaks, snorkeling, views of the islands, nice lounge chairs, an outdoor bed, coolers with cold drinks (water/juice), and towels.  We changed and hit the beach.  Maddy and I snorkeled while Torie kayaked.  Carly and Toni swam.  After my 4:30 conference call, I brought wine down to the beach, and we sat and watched the sun sink slowly, and beautifully, in the west. 

It truly is paradise.

We headed back to the house and hit the pool while the ladies prepped dinner.   TJ and I grilled pork tenderloins for dinner and we had quite the outdoor feast for dinner.  Other than two broken wine glasses, there were no casualties.  The girls went to watch a movie in Torie’s room, and the parents hit the wine and the pool late into the night (okay, 9:30, but it seemed late!).

This is going to be an unusual week for us traveling -- typically we do a ton of stuff each day (hence Julia's nickname of the "Iron Tourist" for me).  Instead, we'll be chilling.  Off to kayak, and maybe I will post some more photos in a bit.