Compared with the UK, Bermuda is refreshingly slightly old fashioned in that Sunday is still regarded as a day of rest. Supermarkets are open for limited hours, but most businesses apart from restaurants, bars etc., are closed. We decided to chill out and recover from our journey, so spent the day swimming and exploring Marley Beach, which was literally steps away from our cottage.
There are hundreds of beaches in Bermuda, some tiny, some long and windswept; all beautiful. They are famed for their pink sand, which is created by shells of microscopic ocean organisms called foraminifera. These tiny creatures live on the underside of the surrounding reefs. When the organisms die, their shells are broken by sea currents and the fragments are washed ashore.
Bermuda is home to one of the northernmost coral reef ecosystems in the world. The islands themselves were formed as a result of a volcanic eruption, but the upper layer that is visible is limestone. The surrounding reefs have been the cause of hundreds of shipwrecks, many of which have become popular dive sites.
Then followed a much quieter and more relaxed type of boat…
Our constant companions from day one were the many lizards sunning themselves on walls, fences and rocks, the crashing of waves on the beach, the beeping of thousands of tree frogs at night and Bermuda Cat, who “adopted” us from the moment we arrived until the moment we left!
Oh! I almost forgot to mention the colourful flowers, such as…
Not forgetting the multi-coloured white roofed houses which make Bermuda so picturesque.
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