Spring on Bequia

... its beauty. It is one week before prime season in the Carribean, and we happened to be the only guests at our resort. Times are slow here and the poor economies have definitely taken a toll on the local businesses in Bequia. We had the entire beach to ourselves today. <br><br>The evening was quiet. Ordered lobster pizza from Mac's Pizza. This is a must when visiting Bequia. There was at least a pound of perfectly cooked lobster on the pizza.

... to say the least&#8230;.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 &#8211; but when we were told this was a quarter of the way up &#8211; 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 ...

Bequia - a tale of 2 boat rides<br><br>And so, at last, after 3 weeks it was time to bid a reluctant farewell to Jo and Charlie and Mustique. If you visit the West or North coast of Mustique you can see Bequia (pronounced Beck way) - it's there - just a big stonesthrow away. OK allowing for the nautical deceptive distances etc. - 10 mins. -ish.<br>We decided to go on Sunday - oops - mistake. Options - plane - 5mins ferry - 10mins (!!!) or swim. Sunday ...

... they were dancing on the Moskito Bar's nautical deck to a Swedish waltz, played from an iPod hooked up to the bars' speaker system. I recall the scene, painted with the backdrop of Friendship Bay's mist-shrouded islands floating along the horizon, as looking absolutely perfect. Friendship Bay is host to Bequia's most pristine beach and is best reached via taxi. Located on the windward side of the island on the Atlantic coast ...

... triumphant life cycle and the dangers they now face from Brother King, who is always eager to discuss his full-time hobby. A full-grown hawksbill turtle can reach three feet in length and weigh up to three-hundred pounds, although the average weight is more likely between one-hundred and one-hundred and fifty pounds. They are named for their hawk-like beak and can be distinguished by their clawed flippers. Every year between ...

We left Tobago last week and motored overnight to Trinidad, a 12 hour crossing. There are six of us living on-board, three brits and three yanks. We spent three days in Trinidad filling the boat with supplies for the next two weeks of sailing north along the windward islands. Our shopping list for the boat involved fourty containers of diesel fuel, fourty drums of water and fourty cases of lager. And some food ...

... time. The seas were fine and we had a blast. Many cruisers had indicated that they never stop on St. Vincent but others had said don't miss it. Although we had done one week in the Grenadines years ago, we had not seen the lee coast of St. Vincent so we decided to investigate. The coast is lush and beautiful from the sea. We chose to stop in Wallilabou because we could check in there and because it was the set for the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie and some shots in ...

We arrived beautiful Mustique after a couple of hours of smooth sailing! No offerings to King Neptune today :-) We even raced another yacht, creating our own little exciting regatta there for a while. The other boat was faster and bigger than our boat (damn Spaniards!) but we made some pretty good moves that made him sweat for a while!! It was a lot of fun! Mustique is one of the privately owned very exclusive islands of ...

... no offence, but do something amazing like front a Rock and Roll band for 43 years, rather than live off your uncle, and then come and talk to me. After listening to her talk about herself and her problems (apparently Mustique is boring. And being rich isn't fun) for 10 minutes I said 'pleased to meet you' and went back to my conversation, she was distinctly un-impressed, and I felt great! ======================================= ============== So now that's all behind ...