Dawn on Sunday November 23, 2025

As was typical, we did chores in the morning, then headed to shore in the afternoon. Our plan was to get lunch at a restaurant on Lubbers Quarters, but first we wanted to get a closer look at the castle that we could see to the south of Kosmos and to scope out the area to see if it looked promising for snorkeling. The castle was cool looking, but it wasn’t as impressive up close as it was far away. It almost looked like a small apartment building behind a house.

View of Kosmos from the castle.

We did a loop around the tiny island. We didn’t see anything to indicate it would be a good snorkeling spot, but often one couldn’t determine if it was a worthwhile snorkeling site without putting one’s face in the water. Which we didn’t do. We then headed towards Lubbers Quarters. On the ride we saw two turtles zooming by faster than we’ve ever seen turtles move before.

In a fast dinghy, it would have been a relatively quick ride, but since our dinghy was slow, it took a while to get to the restaurant. There were actually two restaurants side by side. We’d confirmed that the one that served pizza, called Lubbers Landing (the white building to the left), was open before we’d left Kosmos. The other restaurant, Crackers (the multicolored building to the right of the beach bar), didn’t look open.

The beach set up at Lubber’s Landing kind of reminded us of The Coconut Club near Georgetown, where there was a beach bar and all kinds of games/toys to keep people entertained so they could easily spend the whole day there.

We ascended the stairs to the restaurant. It had a small indoor area and a large deck with outdoor seating and beautiful views. A sign said they preferred cash, but when we asked, they said they could take credit cards. We ordered a pizza and found seating on the deck. Unfortunately, we could feel our legs being attacked by noseeums on the deck. To escape the bugs, Christi and Keith waited for the food down on the beach. Here was Keith entertaining himself on the swing.

They saw a turtle swimming near the shore.

When the food was ready, they went up to the deck and ate as quickly as possible before escaping back down to the beach. The pizza was good, but not great. Eric stayed on the deck to pay the bill. Eric paid by credit card and he saw why they preferred cash — their credit card payment system was complicated; it took a long time and several tries before the payment went through.

After lunch, we scoped out Tahiti Beach, which was a big sand bar directly across the way from Lubber’s Landing. It was near high tide, so not much of the sand bar was visible.

The famous boat bar was there and open. In addition to beverages, they had a small food menu.

While Eric’s back was steadily improving, the long dinghy ride was probably not a good idea as it was making his back hurt. We didn’t linger at Tahiti Beach; instead we made a beeline back to Kosmos so Eric could lay down. On the way back, we talked about how little sea life we’d seen on the ride. In addition to the three turtles we’ve already mentioned, we saw a single star fish and a couple of sand dollars near the boat. On the dinghy ride, we saw a few small schools of tiny fish. One of the species of fish was a bright purple. We found the lack of sea life kind of disturbing. There was quite a bit of sea grass in the lagoon, which was where turtles lived when they were young, so we were surprised we didn’t see more turtles. We were also kind of surprised that we hadn’t seen any manatees, but it was possible the water here was too cold for them.

We had a quiet night onboard. Here were the sunset and twilight.