Sunshines, Nevis

In the evening we decided to dinghy to Pinney’s Beach, in front of us.  There is a semi-famous beach bar there called “Sunshines” and they are known for serving a drink called a “Killer Bee.”  There wasn’t a dinghy dock, so we had to beach our dinghy.  This involves motoring up to shore, pulling the motor up, and jumping out into the water so that we can pull our heavy dinghy up onto the beach, out of the surf.  Our dinghy is heavy for just the two of us to pull up onto shore, especially on beaches like this that are steep.  As we were pulling it up, another couple was doing the same thing and they helped us pull our dinghy up out of the surf.  Then, we helped them do the same with their dinghy.  I though our dinghy was heavy, but theirs was even heavier.  They didn’t even try to get it completely out of the surf.  Instead, we pulled it out of the surf partway and then they dug their anchor into the beach to hold it.  They were a couple from Britain.  Unfortunately they were having drinks with a different couple and couldn’t join us. 

Lobster at Sunshines, Nevis

We chose a table long the beach.  This beach bar actually had floors and was a step above the sandy beach.  A vendor or two were on the beach.  And, there was a corn hole game set up, all under palm trees.  A small, smoky fire was lit to try to keep the mosquitos at bay.  Unfortunately I forgot to put bug spray on so I got dozens of bites.  We each ordered  a Killer Bee, which was a passion-fruit inspired rum punch and it was delicious.  It tasted like fruit juice, even though we knew there was rum in it.  This bar had wifi so I took advantage of it and Skyped with Dad.   After a while, we decided to order the lobster and conch dishes and shared them.  They were both delicious!  The owner, Sunshine, happened to be sitting at the next table and we started talking to him.  He started his bar on the beach with a cooler.  Now it is a farm-to-table beach bar that is doing well.  He brought us each a salad, which was incredible.  I typically don’t eat many salads in the Caribbean because the vegetables are washed in water that might not agree with me.  However, these were so good that we took a chance.  We also ordered some Calamari which was also very good.  The sunset was beautiful and we had an wonderful end to our day of exploring Nevis.

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