Beachcombers Hotel Kingstown

Bequai to St Vincent (the main Grenadine island) was via the regular ferry service – through very rough waters – every muscle was tensed to hang on and keep the status quo! Charlie met us on arrival and we went to the hotel (Beachcomber) to meet up with Jo, and Ben and Clair.

We were taken in a minibus along the coast and up into the interior for the volcano trek. No checks had been made as to our fitness/ability etc. and the climb was ...

... plane, Sunday no ferry and not advisable to swim with a couple of suitcases and everyone starts talking about "tricky waters" - sounded like a blues/soul singer. Only option - get a small fishing boat to take you across. Oh yeah?! Weather forecast - tropical storms imminent. Oh yeah?!
Zoot arrived at the jetty near Basil's Bar in his 15-20 foot boat - very narrow...."No worry, Man - I give you good ride" he assured us as we chugged out of ...

... lunch, siesta, down to collect groceries off the ferry - into Basil's for a Sunset or 5, then, avoiding tortoises crossing the road, weave your way home in your mule/golf buggy - the means of transport on the island - which just leaves enough time (after packing away your goods) to eat supper, go to a cocktail party and partake of a night cap.
I would write more but life's so busy.....maybe I'll find time later.

... net metalinis zymeklis ikaltas. Gerai, kad buvo geras matomumas ir as ikalbejau gida eiti aplink krateri ratu, nes atrode, kad desineje kraterio puseje yra auksciau. Taip pat pagal sena kazkoki mano zemelapi (sviesta ir knygos) virsune buvo pazymeta visai kitame desiniame kraste ir netgi ant kito didesnio tolimesnio kraterio... 6. Pasileidome aplink krateri ir po kokios valandos priejome atsisakojima i kita krateri. Nusileidome zemyn ir tada takeliu aukstyn...Dar ...

... different on the outside, but inside we're just the same. We have decided to hang out in Bequia until Easter. We don't have anyplace else we need to be and we've got good holding here. In the mean time, we are doing lots of nothing, punctuated by reading, some baking and knitting, some swimming, but mostly lots of nothing. One of the books that Chris read had a sentence, "The trouble with doing nothing is not knowing when you are done." Ain't it the truth?

We landed in St Vincent a couple of hours late,the flight we were meant to be on was canceled and a new one put on, Luckily though mam had foreseen this and organised a taxi for us Stephens house is pretty basic, in fact I`ve stayed in better budget hostels in the former eastern block countries!the red ...

... fresh produce to accompany your main course. Don't forget to save room for dessert: lime meringue and French silk pie, chocolate mousse and creamy cakes will tantalize your sweet tooth. The banana pancakes at breakfast are a Bequian must. Mac's Pizza cooks up the best lobster pizza, a Bequia original, on their brick ovens. Surprisingly, curry is a popular spice on the island (785-458-3474). For a fusion of the ...

... form the ship about 12miles out and taken to her hotel, because she was 'too hot to continue'.... Excuse me? It's the tropics love, its meant to be hot, says so it the guide book. Pirates of the Caribbean wouldn't really work so well in Siberia. Bless, not her fault she left school without an education in order to practise pouting techniques and diva-ish demands. Though when I suggested to Tom, the casting director, that if Keira was too hot to work, maybe the big cheese ...

... maybe my singing the day before REALLY offended someone? Anyway, this email is dragging on, and I must hurry up. On a sadder note, Anne, Ben and I are leaving the boat in Trinidad next week, I can't speak for Anne and Ben, but for me, its time to move on. I've been living on board for 8 months, and working on the boat full-time since June 2003. So its high time for a change, I need a freshwater shower, a toilet with a door and space to move about. My back seems to be ...

MY BIRTHDAY ISLAND MARCH 24 2001 Today is my 41 birthday[still feel 21!!]before we came to Grenada i talked to a chap via e-mail and he told me about this island he had been to called carriacou ,it has always been my dream to have an island totally to ourselves,and today we were going to make dreams come true!!!.After yet another belt loosening breaky we got a taxi into st.georges the pretty little port and ...