Mariners Hotel St. Vincent

... to say the least….the guide led us at a steady pace as we passed through the rain forest with towering bamboo etc. providing much needed shade. A stop at a flowing stream was very welcome too – but when we were told this was a quarter of the way up – I nearly gave up! But pride is a marvellous motivator, so it was onward and upward, and upward, and upward, until the half way point, where we met a party on the way down who looked shell ...

... to eat or drink, the heavens opened (remember those tropical storms) when we'd finished -all over and beach time again....thank you someone.
However, it was time to move on to St. Vincent (the main island) to meet up with Jo and Charlie and Ben and Clare, but this time by ferry, although those severe weather warnings were still there.
Journey time and hour and a quarter.....distance travelled by one's body (especially head) inestimable. The ...

... waters - same colour - and to die for. Coco-palmed white sand beaches etc. and full of fish straight from David Attenborough's aquarium.
The "village" (previously mentioned) is situated on this leeward side. It consists of the fish market - a bamboo/corrugated iron hut, a fruit market (kiost by the roadside), the pink house - pink painted clapboard beach hut selling VERY expensive gear, the purple house - as ...

... you no service charge when you use those of others, even when they're halfway around the world. Yes! You heard it here first. Don't abuse it. Actually if you have a multiple-entry Brazilian visa and don't mind some travel uncertainties, you can now loop through the Guyanas overland without backtracking (too bad you don't get five-year Brazil visas- like Suriname- along with your 'reciprocity charge'). For now there's a bridge from northeast Brazil ...

... Islands. Union is picture postcard pretty, but chock-a-block filled with boats. We had planned to do some book swapping and grocery shopping there, but got the willies with so many boats, so we just took off with our sights set on the tiny island of Mayreau. A mere two hours had us anchored safely in Saline Bay, with its gorgeous white sand beach. Still a favorite place to chill, Mayreau hasn't changed a bit. We hiked on the one road over ...

... late so that we could go back to the boat for me to change into dry. Thank goodness I didn't soak the shortbread. Anyway, later I asked circumnavigator-John what area he liked most from his travels and he said probably St. Lucia. Lucky for us, now we don't have to sail the whole world to find the best place! The boat boys here are a step up from Dominica's. These guys have engines on their boats. One fellow named Marle wanted to sell us some hats and bowls woven from ...

... life. Along the way, be sure to poke your head into one of the handful of churches along the road. Often times all you have to do to find them is listen for the energetic and beautiful gospel signing radiating from their walls. The main draw of Port Elizabeth is its boutique craft, clothing, art and grocery shops. For a selection of colorful local crafts and clothing, start at Local Color. Located on the Belmont ...

June 13, 2006 Where has the time gone???? Have you heard of the Tobago Cays in the Grenadines? It is one of the most fantastic snorkeling areas in the Caribbean. And guess what? We are in the nearest protected anchorage (Saltwhistle Bay, Mayreau), it is raining cats and dogs and blowing steady 25. This is the first rainy 24 hours we have had in months! The anchorage has been live entertainment. There are three Lagoon 570 skippered charter boats from Switch.fr, a couple of other ...

The sailing over to Union didn't take long, just an hour or so. Union island is a bit different from the other islands we had visited that far. It seemed more authentic with even less visitors (a few yachties of course) and it seemed poorer than St. Lucia and Bequia. (I'm not even including Mustique in this comparison of course...) In the harbour we amused ourselves with looking at incoming and ...

... for tour of island took in ASa Wright nature reserve and then up to grand Revere for the night to watch the turtles laying egg on the beach. 14 July returned from tour and moved boat from marina to Scotland bay for night. 15 July left Trinidad at 0530 for Grenada arrived prickerly bay at 1700. 16 July Spice tour of Genanda 17 July Grenada to Carriacou (Tyrell Bay) 18 July tropical wave went through rain all morning moved boat to Hillsborough bay ...