The Beaches

I've been to three beaches. The first was called Snorkel Park in the Royal Naval Dockyard. It was stunning, the pictures are under the Dockyard post. Beautiful!

The second beach was called Elbow Beach. Just beautiful. I've never seen anything like it! Here's some video of the sound and beauty of the ocean. I stood here for about 30 minutes, sinking into the sand.

Here are some pictures of the beach. When you're walking down hill to the beach (do keep in mind that you have to walk back up, good lord), all you can see is teal, pure teal and dark blue in the distance. You have to walk through the "members" beach, as people stay at the Elbow Beach Resort and Spa. These people appear to be bajillionaires, as I have no idea how else they could afford it. Anyhow, you walk through the people dripping money, and then get to the part of the beach for the "common folk". Is this is what it is to be "common", count me IN!

 

The third beach that I went to is by far the most popular on the island, I hear. It's called Horseshoe Bay (or Horseshoe Beach, it seems to be called both!?). It certainly looks like the most popular, based on all of the people. Some lunatics were climbing this huge rock formation. They are clearly out of their minds!

Also, you have to walk down a pretty substantial hill to get down to the beach from the bus stop, so a brilliant man has created a shuttle service. It consists of his van, a sign and him yelling, "Stop at the top!" He charges $2 per person, and while the walk would be 10 minutes long, it takes less than 2 to get to the top. Yes, I did give the man my money, because it was hot as all hell. He gives you a very short chat about the fact that Bermuda has the world's smallest church (the size of two of his vans), and the world's smallest drawbridge, measuring 18" across. Seems silly, but, it exists.

Here are the crazy climbers. Really, we think climbing up sharp rocks in our bathing suits is a good idea? To each their their own stupid choices, I suppose.