Buccanos

As I head into my last days here for 2018, I'm "working" very hard to make every moment count. Buccanos seemed like a good place to work today :)

Buccanos is a beach club on the north end of the island.  A 6.7 km ride into the wind on my little bike.  So it actually was a bit of work to get there. But so worth it!

The history of the place is unclear.  There's a hotel with about 10 floors, half built. Vacant except for a few folks authorized to live there to keep unwelcome squatters from living there.  Did the builders run out of money?  A common enough occurrence here. Was the half built place damaged by a hurricane?  Maybe.  I'll likely never know.

The point is that this half built hotel would likely have been beautiful.  Because it's attached to Buccanos. Which is beautiful. Built in old colonial style.  With big wooden beams.  Stone arches. Stone floors.  A pretty pool.  In front of the ocean.

My favourite part was just playing in the water.  The colours and movement of the sunlight on the water surface and bubbles as I looked up from below the surface were magic!

Pictures
1- There's a large covered patio / open building with arches and wooden beams at Buccanos.  This is the view from just inside.  A bit like Chateau Montebello
2 - The pool at Buccanos
3- Just beside / inside the building, there's a little waterfall/pond with these huge tree roots exposed.  Kinda fairytale like.
4- The details, like the wooden furniture and little turquoise cushions at Buccanos are really pretty.
5 - A pretty section of the bike path to the north end of the island.  Very safe and pleasant.
6 - They're building climbing towers / aerial park features at Buccanos.  Look at the scaffolding being used to build the structure.  A little scary....