Blogs from Grenadines, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Central America Caribbean - page 5

Greeting from Bequia, Thursday was kind of a slow day. They couldn't really find anything for me to do around hear. I piddled around most of the morning and in the afternoon I went down to Low Bay for a swim and to work on my tan. Things were hectic there with everyone at "The Reef Bar" getting ready for the blues fest. Just as I was heading home from the beach I got a call from Sarah that they had a grill that needed to be delivered to one of the villas. Great, at last something useful to do. I hurried back to town and got to the house for my instructions. I was to pick up the grill at the Harbour Shop and deliver it to the villa up the hill at Bequia Estates. ... read more

Today was an adventure. My friends here wanted me to gather some survey information for them, so I was on the 8:30 ferry to St Vincent. Its about a nine mile crossing (1 hour), so once I reach St Vincent the next job is figuring out where they keep the land records. I head down Front St toward the police station for a start. One of the many "aggressive" taxi drivers stops me to talk. I ask him where the land records might be kept and..(once I convince him that I don't mind walking and won't be needed his services)...he gives me perfect directions. After a few hits and misses, I find the right building and office. Mrs Williams-a mid twenties professional finally understands what it is I'm trying to locate and tells me to come ... read more

James (our resident chef) came through last nigh with some awsome chicken stir-fry. And the good news is he's at again tonight. My day started off with a 1/2 mile swim then spent most of the morning painting the port side of the ship's cabin. Then the afternoon trying to fit a bench in the ship's changing room. It's thard to get anything done without the proper tools and there arn't a lot of tools here on the island. When I returned to the house, Alan was talking to Meg and their girls on the computer. He and Hazel were playing a game of "guess what I'm thinking" Alan went through about 16 questions before he guess a sheep. I think Hazel could have played this game all day long, but after about an hour, Alan ... read more

Greetings from Bequia, I was dead tired last night, so I hit the sack at 9:00 and didn't get up til 7:00am. I started the day off with a 1 mile swim. Then it was on the boat to get fuel and water. I had shown Alan my list of things that I noticed the boat needed to make it better. And just as I thought, he said "that looks great--make it so". So it looks like I have created some work for myself. After noon I set out on a serious walk about. Alan had three For Sale signs he wanted placed on properties around the island. One was at a new area under development called Friendship Hieghts- and rightly named. It was a seriously steep climb to the top. Some sections were so steep ... read more

Mornin', Mornin', Sunrise on Day 1 on Bequia. I arrived last evening only about 10 minutes behind schedule--pretty good for "island time". My plane from Miami sat at the gate for an hour before we could take off. Some sort of mechanical. It was a good thing I had extra time to transfer in Barbados. We flew from Barbados to Union island before heading to Bequia. That flight took us right over the Tobago Cays, which was beautiful. I can't wait to get down there on the Rose on Sunday. Sarah, Alan's niece met me at the airport and the ride accross the island was all too familiar. Everything looked just as I left it a year and a half ago. I'm staying at Alan's house with him and Simon, his nephew, and James, Simon's freind ... read more