As you can see we made quite the haul at the market today. But wait, I thought I bought a watermelon…not really sure what it is but it tastes really good. We are anxiously awaiting the ripening of our “Sour Sop” (the prickly thing right in the middle).
Well, yes and no. Although there are many nationalities here, the locals speak English with a TWIST…a Limin twist. It is pretty amazing to be right next to a Carib and know they are speaking English but you don’t understand a word they are saying. Here are a few examples":
We say “How Are You?” They say “Wah go?”
We say “Where did you come from” They say “Weh you come out?”
We say “You didn’t get much sleep last night did you?” They say “Yuh flying ligaroo?”
I forgot to show you my photos of a really cool snorkel/dive site that we stopped at twice. It is called Dragon Bay in Grenada. There is an underwater “sculpture” park that is both beautiful and creepy at the same time. I found a pic of it for you. Another thing you find under the water are more of these faceless, nameless, expressionless “people sculptures” lying on the sea bed looking like they have died.
Today we went on a tour of Bequia with the crew of “Skipping-Stone”. We shared a nice air- conditioned van and headed around the island. First stop, The Old Hegg Turtle Sanctuary. We were given a very informational tour by THE MAN named Orton King who was born and raised on Bequia has taken it upon himself to keep the turtle population from dwindling. He rescues both green turtles and hawksbill turtles. We were allowed to touch the Green turtles but the Hawksbill turtles will bite. Turtles can live to be 200 years old.
Next we drove over to “Friendship Bay” to the “Whaling” museum. Bequia is one of the few Islands where people are still allowed to go '”whaling”. The first pic shows the harpoons that they use and the painted background photo is on a bone from the tail of the Humpback whale that they hunt. Picture #2 has a photo painted on the jawbone. The last photo is an actual whaling boat used today. There are six persons on board, each with a specific job. They are NOT allowed to use an engine, only under sail. Four whales are allowed to be caught each year.
Now we are enjoying lunch and Free Wi-Fi at Tommy’s. Notice the cute “Sea-Fan” Xmas Tree. The Music Fest starts tonight. Can’t wait for the Steel Band Competition with bands from Trinidad! Look at Johns face when he got the bill from our dinner at The Devil’s Table restaurant the other night (it came in a treasure chest)!
We are heading North now and our first stop was at Union Island in Clifton Harbor. We had to stop here to clear “into” St. Vincent and the Grenadines again. As Capt. John went to customs Jonathon and I stopped at the bakery for some homemade bread and then the produce stands for some fresh tomatoes and peppers. We also stopped at The Gourmet store which specializes in international foods and bought some great cheese and Nutella. The harbor was very rolly and uncomfortable so we moved on around the corner to Chatham Bay. Here we enjoyed more turtle watching and a meal of BBQ chicken and spareribs with “ALL THE FIXINS”…yummy! We also noticed a beautiful ship named Talitha anchored right outside the bay. She is the ship with smoke stacks and built in 1927. I wish I could have a tour of the interior.
Yesterday we left Chatham and headed North with a North wind “on the nose”…a rough ride for sure. We headed to Mayreau but the swells made it so uncomfortable on anchor that we moved to Tobago Cays. In between the white squalls the weather settled down enough for us to snorkel .Today we got up and since the sun was out we headed straight to Horseshoe Reef for some awesome snorkeling. I saw several sting rays swimming at the bottom in the sand (be careful what you step on 
). Jonathon scared a school of Blue Tangs my direction and I watched a feeding frenzie of Parrotfish on the reef. Jonathon and I swam back to the boat via the Turtle enclosure and I swam with many turtles…what a thrill. This place is Heaven Sent! In Picture #1, notice the sailboat coming through the cut…it isn’t easy getting here through all the reefs.
Once back aboard we were approached by the Park Rangers who collect $10 EC per person aboard per day. What a job! And you are barraged by “the boat boys” selling everything from T-shirts to lobsters to banana bread.
This is docked right around the corner from us. The biggest sailing catamaran in the world..145 ft. long…another toy for the Rich and Famous! There is room for 12 guests and is only $250,000 per week. Anyone ready to join me?
Still enjoying Clark’s Court Bay. The big plans for the day????…go to the BBQ Smokeout at 5pm! Earlier today we took a dinghy ride to Hog Island being extremely careful after Jonathon and I hit a rock/coral patch last night on our sunset cruise 
After Hog Island we explored the exclusive Calivigny resort privately-owned by a very rich Frenchman named Mr. Cohen. He spent 100 million Euro creating this PRIVATE resort. It is 81 acres total and only sleeps 40. It costs $65,000 per night…alcohol extra. I pulled some photos from their website while the rest are my photos. Several boats are at your beck and call too. One of them is a 173’ Perini Navi sailing vessel and the other an 86’ fishing boat.
I couldn’t resist and had to walk on the beach. Although you can’t go past the beach, it was worth the stop…just gorgeous…for the RICH and FAMOUS for sure!
We are truly enjoying the cruising life and just coming and going where and when we choose. In this first photo we had walked from Prickly Bay to True Blue Bay and just sat to enjoy the scenery.
Then a much needed haircut performed by Bud (note he is in his dive BC????)
After the haircut we moved the boat to Clarke’s Court Bay where the guys tried their skills in a local “pool” tournament…John came in 2nd place and Jonathon lost to a 10 year old pool shark 
. We came shore today for some internet and noticed a boat card from the crew of “Lady” who helped crew across from the Canaries to Grenada.
It is another name for the Sunfish. On our sail back to Grenada, we spotted several of these funny-looking yet rather large aquatic creatures.
Got an early start and headed to Customs where we had to “clear out” of Carriacou. Then headed straight to Union Island where we had to “clear in” to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It cost 125 Eastern Caribbean $$ (EC) to clear in Grenada, 42 EC $$ to clear out, 254 EC to clear in at Union Island. Today, an EC is worth about 40 cents. On the way over the seas were rough and, of course, that is when Jonathon catches a nice Spanish Mackeral that we made into Fish Tacos for dinner…yummy! Before dinner we had lunch at Anchor Yacht Club while waiting for the Captain to clear in. It didn’t live up to our 10 year old expectations/memories of THE BEST PIZZA around. The nurse shark pond was still there but the lobster tank was long gone. Quite a few Island Dogs hung around for our scraps.
From Union, we headed straight for Tobago Cays. It is so beautiful, no explanation is needed. Check out the large iguana roaming through the cactus…ouch!
Tomorrow we are going to explore Petit Tabac, where Captain Jack Sparrow (aka Johnny Depp in Pirates of The Caribbean) was stranded on a deserted Island. It is surrounded by a reef and very hard to get to but we are going to do our best!
Well we didn’t make it across the reef but here is the photo of that infamous island.
After snorkeling with the sea turtles and crashing the beach BBQ of the Royal Clipper ship this afternoon, Jennifer decided we just had to have our own Beach BBQ so at sunset we headed over, cooked ourselves a wonderful dinner and stayed until after dark, making for a fun ride back to Jay Sea Dee…luckily we brought a flashlight and Jonathon came up with an ingenious use of the water bottle/nightlight. Our best dinner experience yet! Thanks Jenny!
