Today I'm going on the day-long snorkel trip to the Tobago Cays know here just as "the cays" (pronounced Keys). We'll be sailing on "The Friendship", a 100 foot sailing schooner built right here in Bequia. On board for the day is a variety of nationalities. We have French, Canadian, Swedish, Italian, British, and even another American. His name is James and he's a medical student on his way to Grenada for the coming semester. Sixteen adults and 5 kids. Just enough to be entertaining-not so much as to be annoying. We board the ship at 7:am and are welcomed with a breakfast of fresh pineapple, mango, banana, and orange. there are fresh chocolate croissants and orange juice and coffee. Once we've motored clear of the harbor its time to "hoist the sails" I never new
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