Neptune's Treasure Anegada

... supermarket. She, her local knowledge and help make all the difference. You don't think about it in advance, but we had hours of extra free time over the course of our stay because Mariel was looking after the household for us, shopping, cleaning, making beds etc.; besides who wants to deal with these chores on holiday; at Elm Villa you don&#8217;t have to. She even cooked dinner for us one night!<br><br>The Villa itself is ...

... shoot. It was stunning and we could have spent days there...<br><br>There was a excellent restaurant at the top of The Baths, where we perhaps had our best meal - Caribbean fish curry. There was also a swimming pool, which made it an excellent place to finish the day.<br><br>I do think if we headed back to this part of the Caribbean, we would stay on this island. In general, it was less developed and just had a much more local feel to it than the USVI.<br>

... we were making our way to Jost Van Dyke where we were racing Grace in the infamous Foxy's Wooden Boat Regatta. I proudly mentioned to Foxy, who himself is an institution, that I first met him when I was 3, then 9 and now at the age of 34. Of course to me he hasn't changed a bit (even if he's in his 70's): still a Rastafarian joking with his customers while he sits on the hammock outside his island bar. Dad did the first race: a single ...

... Pendant que je vous écris, et depuis tôt ce matin (5h45), j'entends des ''preachers'' 'live' sur l'île avec de super microphones pour réveiller la ville... et à la radio ici dans le resto. Et c'est très drôle, à chaque 'Jesus' 'Pray de Lord' 'Salvation' 'Alleluia'.... j'entends la cuisinière dire ''AMEN!''. Alors sur ce, je vous laisse et je vous invite à regarder mes photos. Cette semaine, j'ai vraiment vu des couchers de soleil allucinants.

... belle job. Il ne fait que ça organiser pour des bateaux. À chaque 2 ans, ils font le tour du monde en 15 mois... et on risque de les croiser cette année car ils traverseront le Pacifique comme nous, à la fin janvier. Et parraît-il que mon sauveur de l'an dernier, l'espagnol qui m'a aidé à sécuriser le bateau pendant la tempête lorsque mon skipper a abandonné le bateau, sera de ce tour du monde. J'espère bien le recroiser. Le monde des bateaux est petit!!

... résorber, trois cloques d'eau sur l'endos de la main (ouch!) ... sans compter le coude qui présente toujours cette petite boule plein de liquide. Ah oui! Mon dos écorché à vif, mes bleus sur les jambes et un très beau sous le bras gauche.... Et oui, c'est ça la vie de marin... et de Marie! Sinon, je me porte bien.

... Princess. Therefore, at noon, off we went. <br><br>Once we disembarked Caribbean Princess, we met with our tour guide and were directed to another direction where we then boarded a motorized ferry boat. We then cruised along Sir Francis Drake Channel way up to Virgin Gorda which is a small island part of the BVI's. The ride took a good 45 minutes during which time there was entertainment on board and soft drinks being served. I ...

... into marinas can be a little tricky at best and with cats you have a lot of freeboard and they can be a little more difficult to manoeuvre than mono's, so cautiously and very, very, slowly we motored down towards our assigned berth. Unfortunately even in the protection of the marina there was a strong wind blowing and all our nerves were on end. Harri trailed behind in Baby Bella to offer thruster assistance at hopefully the right moment while Tom, bow line in ...

... one word at a time. <br><br>Dinner on board. Then Paul and I sat out on the trampoline, looking at the lights of houses on the island while the kids cleaned the kitchen and my parents did email. Finally, tired; to bed.<br><br>22 November<br><br>Happy Thanksgiving! I was the first up and got the coffee started. Very windy -- we had spent the whole night clocking and had covered all 360 degrees. In the morning, we watched some surfers catching the large breakers that wrap around the ...

... we came from this morning! Just one harbor over. :) We docked, and got to use the very nice showers - big tiled bathrooms with a shower. They turned out to be the nicest we would see on the whole trip. We ate dinner at a little restaurant on the island, which would have had a view out to sea except that it was already dark. We continued the habit of hanging out on deck and talking before bed. And then, another night on the boat.