My friend Will came and picked me up on his Harley the other day and we wroomed out to Orient Beach to chill on the beach and catch up. It was great fun to ride on the harley which I have never done before! I was working really hard to look as cool as Will on the bike. Not sure if I reached to ultimate coolness though. It was the first time after all!
Orient Beach is a place where you can see most things. The tourists love it as they can be topless, they can wear their string (this includes the men!) and no one cares. There are several restaurants along the beach and it is the "cool/happening place" with music blasting and Champagne is flowing. It is always fun to go and people watch once in a blue moon! Me and Will had some rose, and talked away non stop. When the beach started to be empty, after all the cruise ship tourists had vanished we decided to head back to the Dutch side and to the Yacht Club for cheap Heineken beer. We watched the bridge go up and the the vessels coming in (always fun) before we went next door for some pizza. After that it was time to go home.
Yesterday, after I dropped of my boyfriend, I picked up Will at his place and we went for breakfast. I love going out for breakfast! Then we decided to do some snooping at an old abandoned hotel, so we went off-roading with my little Kia Picanto before we hiked through water and vegetation to finally end up on the beach side of this old resort. We walked up this little paved path, which was surprisingly enough cleared and swept (?) until we came to the pool area. You got a weird feeling when you saw the empty pool and it's surrounding, over grown and spooky! We went in to this empty, open hall with high ceiling, and along one side was an empty desk... Then we entered a bar area and another big hall. The entrance ground was in cobble looking stones and this was also extremely tidy for being abandoned for over 15 years. One room was affected by fire and everything was black. Another room we entered must have been the archives, as you could find accounting reports, memos and meeting minutes. I found one letter stating not to renew one employees contract when it was up. And the meeting minutes stated the same issues and concerns that we go over at work today!
We went to a few rooms, which I was surprised to see had electronic door locks, and while the rooms were looted on all the furniture, there was still remains of weather beaten curtains moving in the breeze through the broken windows. We entered courtyards with fountains that had been destroyed by the surrounding trees and was overgrown, and there was a "hall of mirrors" in one building. Before we left we went by the Tennis Pro shop, where one of my former employees used to work. The tennis courts are long gone, but we still found an old magazine in the shop.
Obviously people must come here often as most areas are creepy clean of spiders web while other rooms are probably inhabited by tarantulas (big hairy spiders!). There are many rumors about this place about being haunted and they also say that this place will soon be gone for new development.
The afternoon we spent on Will's porch and drank beer! Will has the most brilliant stories to tell, as he seem to end up in the most random situations. One favorite at the moment is when he was hanging out of a truck, driven by a friend on a field, while trying to shoot rabbits. Who has those kind of stories? I suddenly feel like I live a very boring life. But that's when you have a few beers with Will!
It is now time for me to be somewhat productive.
Cheers my friends!
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