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Wednesday February 11th, 2015. Kingstown St Vincent and Bequia St Vincent is the largest of the Grenadines. St Vincent is often referred to as "the mainland" by inhabitants of the other, much smaller, Grenadine Islands. A necklace of 32 islands and cays, only 9 of them inhabited, St Vincent and the Grenadines is one of the most popular destinations in the world for leisure sailors, divers and snorkelers. There is little flat terrain on St Vincent. the windward coast is very rocky while the leeward coast boasts sandy bays and beaches. St Vincent was once known as 'Hairouna' by the Carib Indians who aggressively prevented European settlement until the beginning of the 18th century. African slaves were imported to support the plantation economy which eventually declined after the abolition of slavery and depressed world sugar prices. ... read more
11. Four Sunbeds with Our Names On - Bequia
12. Industry Bay, Bequia
18. Mixing with the Local Brits


12 avril, 2014 Ce fut un deux semaines bien remplies avec notre fille Isabelle : découverte des divers mouillages du côté ouest de la Martinique, randonnées pédestres, location de voiture, visite du magnifique Jardin de Balata près de Fort de France, baignades, apnée et rencontre exceptionnelle de l’équipage du bateau Myriam (Ghislain, Annie, Guillaume et Olivier) revenant tout juste d’un tour du monde de cinq ans. Nous avons passé quelques jours en leur compagnie et écouté leurs nombreux récits. La visite repartie dans le froid et aussitôt nous avons commencé notre descente vers la Grenade. Premier arrêt Ste-Lucie pour nous ravitailler en eau, diésel et épicerie. Nous y resterons que deux jours car on nous annonce une belle fenêtre pour notre prochaine traversée. Donc, nous quittons Yves et Francine du bateau Nan Shan pour une belle ... read more
Jardin de Balata
Jardin de Balata
Carole sur la passerelle


Sailed up to Bequia (pronounced Bekway) today 26nm and a bit of a bash on the nose, but managed still to sail most of the way. Seemed to take ages though and the seas were a bit sloppy. Got to Bequia and Boomerang is there. YAY. The boys paddled over on their paddleboard and Luuk’s first comment was “What took you so long?”. Apparently it’s been too long since we saw them!! Had dinner with Boomerang at the Steakhouse as they are leaving tomorrow and then we won’t see Oma and Opa again until we get to Holland. 21st: Explored the town of Bequia. BBQ on our boat with Alkiera that night 22nd: BBQ (grill on an open fire) on shore with a group of other boats. A really nice night, enjoyed meeting new people and ... read more
Bandanna boys
Finally...ice cream
lobster....again


Had the BEST day today, a relaxed morning and then Nick and Luuk from Boomerang came over for Breakfast - at 10am (we'd already had ours!!) So bacon and egg wraps and then off to the beach. Went for a snorkel - reef not so much, but quite a few little fish. Then Boomerang went as they're going to another island, and we went off to snorkel with the turtles in turtle bay. That was great. Back to boat for lunch and a relax and then back to shore for sundowners. Steak and veggie bake for dinner and now ready to retire for the night. What a life hey!!... read more
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Lobster at Tobago Cays
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This trip started for us in Feb of 2014 when we left Toronto. We have decided to become deaf to news of the weather there since we left. We still have 8 days left of our 5 week trip to the Caribbean. We are a mid 60's couple and are by no means newcomers to travel or to this region of the globe. This time around we started out "less stress" trip in Barbados. Although we have very close friends there with whom we would usually live for as long as we want, we decided to rent a villa as well as a car and to act like tourists. For us this means wearing the Tilley hat and carry the cameras everywhere. Needless to say we could do that for only two days before the stress ... read more
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Bequia
Bequia


St Vincent and the Grenadines is a long string of islands, St Vincent is the biggest and most northerly. It is about the same size as Barbados but, being volcanic, St Vincent is very rugged, its extinct volcano topping 4000 feet. We stayed in a very basic eco-lodge ... in other words a bamboo shack complete with resident green lizard. The shack was wonderfully situated halfway up a hillside amongst verdant foliage that turned out to be lots of market gardens. Here grew root crops (sweet potatoes, peanuts and yams) and fruit trees (bananas, tangerines, mangos and cocoa). They were tended by both men and women, working the steep slopes in seering heat. Their soil looked wonderful, dark and fine. A lot of crops were new to us, like soursop which looks like a spikey green ... read more
Our bamboo shack
House lizard
Bequia


Samedi 30 mars, 2013 Joyeuses Pâques. Un autre mois qui s’achève et bienvenue au printemps. Nous avons parcouru passablement de route depuis Nevis. Comme nous vous le mentionnions dans notre dernier blogue nous avons quitté Nevis le matin pour nous rendre à Montserrat là ou il y a un volcan en activité. Étant donné que les vents étaient très faibles nous avons passé l’île sous le vent, côté ouest, sans risque de recevoir fumée et cendres du volcan sur le bateau. De cette manière, nous avons pu voir toutes les coulées de lave ainsi que la ville de Plymouth ensevelie sous les cendres et les roches de lave lors de la dernière éruption le 11 février 2010. C’est très impressionnant. Même si la ville est fermée à toute population il est possible de s’y en approcher ... read more
Plymouth la ville ensevellie
Bonne pêche
Les Saintes, Guadeloupe


Tobago Cays After a lovely sail with Chilli Cat beside us and the kids doing a general knowledge quiz on the VHF we arrived in the most beautiful Tobago Cays. This is one of the Caribbean’s biggest coral reefs and set amongst the most turquoise water we have ever seen (so far...). This is also a tricky piece of waterway to manoeuvre in as the depths are very shallow and not great for a boat with such a deep draught – extreme care must be exercised when we are following a catamaran. After a spot of lunch we headed to Turtle Beach and bump into a huge clan of ARC families (Rafiki, Mad Fish and Intrepid Bear). The boys had great fun playing with all the kids whilst snorkelling with turtles and exploring the ... read more
Tobago Cays Lobster Dinner
Mrs Maloo's custard cake!
Birthday Boy in the Pitons


Clifton Clashes in Union Island After a few blowy days in Tobago Cays we moved south to Union Island. Like Saint Vincent, Union Island does not have a happy reputation. Many years ago, aboard Tin Lizzie, Mum and Dad had sensed real hostility and racial discord therefore I was slightly wary about visiting Union Island again. We moored up in a very busy Clifton Harbour and were directed by a local boat boy to a sufficiently large mooring to hold Fabiola’s 26 tons. We were only there to check out after all before heading down to Grenada to meet up with Nick and Tina Benson and their two boys, Ted and Ollie who both play rugby in the boy’s rugby teams. Unfortunately we were too late arriving at the airport (where customs and immigration ... read more
Damaged pulpit
Damaged pulpit




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