The Cove at Playa Buyé

Playa Buyé has two personalities. You enter from the  rowdy side, with motor sports, dancing, and lots of music from battery  powered speakers with different DJ's competing. On the other side of the same beach is a very  different treat. A secluded cove with calm waters warmed by the beaming  sun. 

On the edge of the water Portia trees mingle with palms, their  branches curving down into the salty, wet sand. Between each bundle of  trunks (they grow in clumps) is just enough space for a few people,  giving everyone perfect privacy from their neighbor.  It’s a trek to get  to this spot, especially with a cooler and beach chairs in tow, so it  is mostly populated by the yachting crowd. 

The boats stay a while, drop a  lazy anchor into the sand. People hop off for a swim and a sunbath.  They blast their sound systems for while and then pack up again.  As the afternoon sun gets further from its zenith, the mariners hustle back to their respective marinas. The few that made the journey on foot are  joined in a brotherhood of peace and quiet. 

Conspiratorially we give  each other satisfied nods as the last boater pulls their anchor. We know  the last hours before sunset will be ours and ours alone. So we happily sink back into the sand for a little siesta. Oh, Buyé!