Give Carriacou a 2nd Chance – We are glad we did!

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December 28th 2011

Published: December 28th 2011

When we were traveling south we moved quickly through many of the islands as we needed to get below 12 degrees latitude for the hurricane season. One of the islands we did stop at was Carriacou. This 13 square mile island with approximately 7,000 people is the southern-most island in the Grenadines. The Grenadines are a group of small islands found between St. Vincent and Grenada. The northern ... Read Full Entry

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Bob & Janice Waller

s v Tsamaya

Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info

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"The White House"

On a walk saw the sign out front of this house which stated it was “The White House”

We enjoy talking to the kids

In talking to this 6th grader and her mother found out that she is the top student in her class and her aim is to the top student for the whole island. Her plans are to either be a pilot or a dentist. In talking to her I am confident she will make her goal! Had to get her brother in the photo as well.

The Internet Cafe!

How do you like this for an internet café? What a view we had and we were even able to have a coke with ice cubes – what luxury!

View from the Slipaway

A view down the beach from a great beachside restaurant called “Slipaway”. They have great food as well as a great location.

A Peace Corps Botswana Connection

Our new friends Jim and Valerie with a Peace Corps Botswana connection that are now living in Carriacou. We enjoyed having them visit our home. Their daughter, Zanoya, enjoyed taking a “spin” in the dinghy while visiting us.

Passionfruit & Grapefruit

We found that passionfruit is great on grapefruit as well as papaya. We had this as a treat for our Christmas breakfast.

Santa's Helper?

Bob was helping her with adjusting the seat on her brand new bike. We also were able to explain to her and her brother how to wear the helmets they got for Christmas as they had them on backwards.

Island Pastels

W e always enjoy seeing the pastel colors of many of the island homes. We could see these from our anchorage in Tyrrel Bay.

A Great Place to Eat & Relax

What a nice place to relax and have a really good meal – at the Slipaway Restaurant in Tyrrel Bay. If you ever get here, you’ll have to try it.

Hillsborough

A view of the bay near Hillsborough from one of the many restaurants. This one was a treat as it even had ice cream!

Ice Man Cometh

They all seem to name their vehicles – this one was called Ice Man.

Another One

One of many fabulous sunsets we were able to see from Tyrrel Bay.

How about this place?

This home would have a spectacular view if it only gets completed.

Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas photo for 2011. A nice place to spend it

Couldn't Stop Taking Photos

We couldn’t get enough of the views we saw from our hike.

A Prince of a Gate

One of the many decorative gates we have seen while on Carriacou

We obeyed

The sign says it all – we definitely stayed away from this one!

Santa Hat & Yellow Crocs

Santa Bob taking a walk with his Christmas hat and “yellow duck crocs”. Quite the sight on Christmas morning!

Surrounded by Beauty

One of many spectacular views we saw while on our walk.

Just Another View

There are numerous islands to explore on the Atlantic side of Carriacou as long as you watch out for the reefs.

Singing Christmas Music

These kids saw us at the internet “café” and decided to sing quite a few Christmas songs starting with “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”.

31st December 2011

Lynn
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Fabulous pictures, what a great way to live! Thanks again for sharing. Love to all

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