We decide to take a taxi as a trip to the bus stop would be a bit too much for Mum. We are one of the early birds. Hank and Gem choose a perfectly positioned table to watch the footy. The waitress comes over (she clearly woke up on the wrong side of bed)! She takes our drinks order and then comes back for our food order. She didn't smile the whole time she served us and she clearly wanted to be somewhere else. We didn't take the bait and decided to "kill her with kindness"! It didn't make any difference!
The footy starts and after 15 minutes of viewing me and Mum decide to lie on the beach. First things first...magazines. I run over to the Mall and get some magazines. I wasn't gone for very long (or so I thought) but Mum worried about me! Aaaah!
We rent chairs and sit under the shade of a palm tree! Gem gets me a drink but you have to drink it by the bar! I have a run punch and Mum has a banana daiquiri. I tell ya that rum punch is strang boy and for some reason I have 2. As Mum and I sit with our drinks, a man sits himself down beside me! He is Mark the Sharkman! He has his own glass bottom boat. In his words it's the Porsche on this stretch of water! I have to agree! He gives it the hard sell but not too much! But he buys us drinks and sits with us most of the day! He says we should come down to Steelpan night and invites us to reserve a table which we do! Mark also said that we would get to meet his wife Karen! We head off home! By the way Newcastle won 1-0!
We rest off. The taxi picks us up and we arrive at Surf Side and our table is reserved for us. We're surprised how busy it is! We order drinks. Rum punch for the girls and Guinness for Hank! Mark greets us; no wife though I'm starting to wonder if she truly exists!
The steel pan players are good and as is customary, there's an old man dancing...badly!
Gem's on the rum punch. Remember this as this will prove very funny later on!
A couple of rum punches later and a Guinness, Hank and Gem bust a move on the dance floor! Now remember three things: (1) Gem does not drink; (2) the rum punches are very strong; and (3) Gem has already had 2.
Gem's out danced us all and decides to dance with Mark the Sharkman! She's cutting the rug!
I notice that she has become very chatty and excitable! Words slightly slurred but not too much. This would have been a good time to stop! Yes...?No! Here comes another punch and this is when it starts to go horribly wrong. I won't give you the full details but it was messy! Bless her heart!
We decide to go down to First Street to get something to eat and to look at the trannies in Ragamuffins! We meet Keisha (our driver en route)!
We get to First Street and have something to eat. While watching the trannies in Ragamuffins, to our shock and dismay, Gem becomes unwell! It's funny as I know exactly how she's feeling. It's time to go home. We ring Keisha and she's punctual and shocked to see the state that Gem is in! We arrive home and Gem is off to change....she is not seen again until morning!
lol... and that will likely be the end of the rum punches for Gem for the rest of the trip! Perhaps it was a flu bug? lol ... making memories! How wonderful - thanks for including us in the adventure. Have fun! Let us know if you meet Mark's wife eventually or take the glass bottom boat cruise.
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