AT LAST A DAY WHEN I CAN DO SOMETHING I'M GOOD AT. 05:35- I couldn't sleep thinking about the alarm going off in 5 minutes. 06:00-unlock the shop and recieve last minute instructions from Alan. The main thing is come home with the same number you left with. Good advise to be heeded. 06:30-the crew is all aboard and the final count of guests to expect is 43. Colin starts to dingy the guest aboard-first trip-15, second trip-19, third trip-5. The phone they've given me rings and Alethia tells me that one couple is going to join us outside the harbour coming over from St Vincent,that one couple failed to show up, and that we are to bring one passenger up from the Cays to Bequia. that makes the count 41 going down and 42 coming ... read more

Sorry about that friends, I thought I had saved the most recent additions, but I guess not. So now I have to go back and upload the photos again. ....as I was saying....The climbs are exhausting, but the views are worth it. I feel another long nights sleep coming on after dinner. Ya Mon, Bequia, David... read more

Well, we didnt't get to refuel the boat this morning. Something about the refueling ship not being there. We'll try again tomorrow. I tidied up the boat a little and tried to replace a broken hinge on the storage room door, but the hinge was the wrong size and the screw heads kept twisting off-that's how hard the wood is) Sarah gave me my only job of any consequence this afternoon. I repainted a wooden window that had to be replaced at the harbour shop. Trying to use a roller right out of the bucket meant a good deal of paint on me as well as the window covering. Alan wants me to go to St Vincent on Monday to the government offices and try to round up some land descriptions for some properties here on ... read more

Hi gang, Day 1 on my way to Bequia. I flew into Ft Lauderdale, then took a shuttle to South Beach. My hotel is a small old building that has been recently renovated. I think its very nice and only a block off the beach and right in the heart of South Beach action. I stubbled apon a great little hole in the wall for dinner tonight. It's called the Pizza Bar. And they had the most humungous pizzia's I've ever seen. It was a good 36-48 inches in diameter. One slice was about 18 inches. Everyone just sat at the bar and watched the guys make the pizzas. On two huge flat screen tv's they were showing the movie Braveheart. It was just a neet place to hang out . After dinner I walked all ... read more

I'll miss you sweet Bequia. Sweet, sweet Bequia, My Caribbean island home. I'll miss the blue of your seas, And the green of your hills, The white of the sails of your ships at anchor. The rainbow of colored houses that dot your land. And the red of your ever-present mimosa trees. I'll miss you sweet Bequia. Sweet, sweet Bequia, My Caribbean island home. I'll miss the sound of your waves Crashing onto Friendship beach, And their gentle lapping onto your bronze sands of Lower Bay. The winding motors of the "dollar buses" As they speed up and down your steep roads. The rustle of the wind in the leaves of your palms. And the sound of dominoes being shaken In your neighborhood watering holes. I'll miss you sweet Bequia. Sweet, sweet Bequia, My Caribbean island ... read more