Great Guana

Our passage around the Whale, en route to Great Guana, turned out to be a non-event - we just had a few rolly polly swells at the mouth of the Atlantic. A short jaunt south and we found our way to Fisher's Bay. We elected to grab a mooring - $15 a day is cheap price to pay for a good night's sleep. (Sleeping in two hour increments on anchor watch gets old real quick.)
On our first exploration onto shore we immediately noticed a big contrast between this island and Green Turtle. The latter boasts a thriving population of local residents and businesses. Guana appeared to have few residents and its businesses catered primarily to tourists. It was interesting to finally see Grabbers and Nippers for myself - as I've heard others describe them often in the past. I also had to do my own survey to compare each establishment's slushy rum drink: Believe me I did a full blown study on the Grabber vs. the Nipper.
On our second day in Guana, we snorkeled the reefs in front of Nippers, swam in the Aqua-Velvet colored water and basked on the sugar white sand. After we had our fill of that, we lumbered up the brightly painted wooden stairway and found a poolside chair under a hula-skirted umbrella. As our bar tab will attest, their is some sort of force field poolside at Nippers that won't let you leave. Park drew pictures of tropical scenes as we swam and 'tested' many slushy, fruity rum drinks. One of Park's pictures now hangs above Nippers' bar. At Guana we met up with the other parts that we crossed with, and also connected with others we knew that were already in the islands when we arrived. Even our next-dock neighbors from Harbor Town were here. It was so cool having all our friends in paradise with us. I think there must have been 12 boats in Guana that we knew. We all did the pig roast at Nippers on Sunday and the BBQ at Grabbers on Saturday. When we weren't swimming/snorkeling we partied like rock stars. One night, our boat even got TP'd. Our three day visit to Guana was most excellent but went by in a flash.