Blogs from Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Central America Caribbean

Sunday July 21 – I set my alarm for 5:00, so of course I was awake before 4:00. I had to be up early to catch a bus to the airport, and with that in mind, I was never going to fall back asleep. I got out of bed at 4:15 and started the final pack, did some internetting, ate a bagel with banana for breakfast, the usual. Shelly told me yesterday that the airport bus leaves the station at 6:00 and will be to our bus stop a few minutes later, so I should be out at the bus stop a little before 6:00 to catch it. As soon as I arrived, the bus came. My intention was to arrive at the airport at 7:00, a little more than two hours before my flight, even ... read more

Monday December 15th, 2014. St Vincent, Windward Islands, West Indies We awoke and went and had a posh breakfast in the restaurant. We then collected our gear and disembarked the ship and emerged at the cruise terminal at the capital city, Kingstown, which is on the South West coast of the island. This is the only town of any size on St Vincent which is only 18 miles long and 11 miles wide but very hilly. Like Grenada and St Lucia it has a chain of forested mountains running from north to south. The volcano, La Soufriere is the highest point in the north with Mount St Andrew the highest point in the south dominating the city of Kingstown which nestles in a valley. The warlike Carib Indians were the first inhabitants of St Vincent. Their ... read more

26 Janvier 2014, Bonjour à tous, Et bien notre voyage continue mais pas toujours comme nous le voulons! Le 1 er janvier nous étions paisiblement ancrés devant Sandy Island, à Carriacou . Petit îlot de sable blanc entouré d’eau turquoise et de corail. Le temps était ensoleillé mais le vent assez présent. A l’heure du café, après le dîner, un gros catamaran de location vient s’ancrer tout juste en avant de nous, environ une demi-heure plus tard un autre gros catamaran de location s’ancre en avant du premier catamaran. Nous jugeons qu’ils se sont tous les deux placés très près de nous malgré le fait qu’il y avait beaucoup de place dans la baie… enfin. Tout à coup, le ciel devant nous s’assombrit et de gros nuages noirs se pointent et montent derrière la montagne. Un ... read more

Canouan is one of the smaller islands of The Grenadines. We knew being halfway between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator just off the coast of Venezuela would be very warm; but it was so comfortable during our brief stay with an almost constant off-shore breeze. The destination was picked by our host as a hop from Nevis for his birthday; he was especially lured by the golf course which didn't disappoint - challenging and beauful! Lucky us, you say! Lucky us, we repeat! The resort is very sprawley, but each couple got a golf cart to roam from villas to the beach, to the restaurants (open on a revolving basis), pro shop, spa, boutique, etc. The "girls" even hailed a rubber raft with an outboard motor to get us from one beach to another. ... read more

Jammin’ Day 5 and reggae is playing on the car stereo as we swing around the winding roads up the Windwards coast of St Vincent. We wind our way between the banana trees along a bumpy track and up the hill, passing a lush array of trees including breadfruit, guava, cashew and passion fruit, before arriving at a shining building painted in the green and blue colours of the FAIRTRADE Mark.. This is Montaque, in St Vincent, it’s the brand name of a range of jams, jellies and juices, but for the banana farmers of St Lucia, Dominica and St Vincent it’s also a window to the future - their first venture into food processing, as a way of diversifying away from just the sale of the raw fruit. Two years ago the farmers of the ... read more