We had a very laid back check-in at Ali Baba’s. They had three rooms to rent. We’d planned on the second-floor room with a balcony overlooking the water, but it had broken windows they hadn’t been able to replace yet. Our room on the first floor was small but it had what we needed, including a couple of chairs, a fridge, and a small porch with a water view. The AC wasn’t working but we thought we probably wouldn’t need it. We stowed our stuff and had lunch. We both had chicken roti and salad. Kind of like a curry burrito, with chicken, chickpeas, potatoes, wrapped in a tortilla with a curry/mango salsa and salad on the side. We had it added to our bill for the room. No idea how much it cost. It was really good.
Then we put on swimsuits and made the long, hot hike over to the hill to White Bay. Or at least it felt long due to the heat!
When we returned from White Bay Baba (the owner) and another couple of guys were having a beer, so we sat at the bar too. We heard stores about the storm, like pizza ovens disappearing from Coco Loco and the freezer at Ali Baba’s ending up on the other side of the restaurant. 25-foot waves crashing over the building. There were lots of jokes too. Then we had dinner: stewed conch for me, grilled mahi for Steve. With beans and rice and salad and coleslaw.
We also made two trips to the store for beer. Two six-packs first, then when we found out no alcohol could be sold from 6:00-6:00 on Good Friday, we bought another six-pack.