Just an easy 10 minute hike west of the Salt Pond Bay beach on the Coral Bay side of St. John, is Drunk Bay. Despite its name, this bay is not named for being the spot where St. Johnians come to party.
But rather, the name ‘Drunk’ is taken from the Dutch Creole word for ‘drowned’ – as this is a rare St. John bay that isn’t protected and calmed by a reef. Thus, a lot of shipwrecks and drownings happen off this windswept and wave pounded rocky beach.
We had been curious to check this beach out, and having an island visitor was a perfect opportunity to go explore something new!
When we first reached Drunk Bay after hiking past the Salt Pond, we thought we might be seeing things – as it appears there were remnants of drunk people scattered across the beach. The closer we looked, it seemed to be a full on pirate massacre!
Apparently, it’s become quite a tradition to create people and animal art out of coral, shells, driftwood and anything else washed up on shore. Such a fun collaborative art project that is constantly changing with the creativity of visitors and the endless pounding waves.
And we couldn’t resist adding our own art to the project..
i like the way you spelt technomadia, that is really cool
Thanks 🙂 I’m kinda smitten with it myself.
NEAT! And just a teeny bit creepy. 😀 Can’t wait to see it!
We’ll make sure you guys know where to go to find it.. it’s next to one of our favorite snorkeling beaches. And yeah, there was a bit of a creepiness factor to it.. mixed in with giggles.
Hahah. This is great. Totally cracked me up. Nice! So great to see you guys living the dream.
Just too bad there was no 3G signal on this beach.. with the lack of sand, it might have been a great work spot too.
That’s awesome. I really like the way “technomadia” spelled out with the coral…looks like a new logo 😉
It’s certainly made its way to the top of the potential’s list for a new logo 🙂 Love the mix of organic and digital in it, which kinda fits us well.
Hah, that’s so cool… couldn’t help but laughing seeing all of those ‘drunks’ on the beach :p
It was so surreal when we first approached, and had me soon giggling too. Loved it!
Wow, that’s so “winning.” Did you consider adding .com to the end, or would that have been too commercial for the setting?
Heh… it was difficult enough to find enough flat space to spell out Technomadia 😀