Perspective: Caribbean trips are expensive, so I went to the Caribbean of Maryland
It’s a blistering and humid Saturday morning at the beach. To my right, black skull-and-crossbones flags flicker on their masts in the hot wind. To my left, palm trees jut out of sand in front of a distillery that churns out rum and more. In a few hours, I’ll be surrounded by a mass of partyers who came here to drink a lot of that rum.Seacrets
I am not a mesh tank top person, and I’m not a beach party person, either. Ibiza, South Padre, the concept of MTV Spring Break — these things scare me. So does going outside without SPF 50.and saw what people wear: bikinis, crop tops and neon.A faint “woo!” echoes across the near-empty Seacrets parking lot; the first guests — a bachelorette party
It’s a lush, six-acre playground with walkways shrouded with palms, a constellation of bars, the bay, a gift shop, the stages, and wood-paneled indoor-outdoor spaces with nautical touches such as porthole windows and life-size pirate statues watching your every move. At a kiosk called “De Photo Boat Mon” visitors can immortalize their visit with photos, key chains and magnets.After my first lap, I take a seat at a bar with the best view of the Seacrets bay.
My tour group includes a couple from D.C., two friends celebrating a 21st birthday and a bachelorette party from Pennsylvania in matching turquoise tank tops. Meanwhile, the group of friends in front of me has done a perfect job capturing the Caribbean aesthetic in sarongs. This was not an accident; they tell me they’ve been planning this trip — and their outfits — for months.The crowd has increased exponentially since I left. Different bars are playing different music catering to different tastes. I hear reggae at one, the band’s playing “I Want You to Want Me” on the main stage, and there’s ’80s dance-pop in the bay.
I kick my sandals off near a naval cannon reproduction and slosh through the murky water into the sea of dancing, drinking, lounging bodies filling the tables, chairs and floating rafts.
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