This run covers Bequia and the Tobago Cays. They are part of a chain of islands that run down St. Vincent called The Grenadines. The Grenadines are considered the most beautiful islands of the Caribbean, or as Hans, an old, Dutch sailor said, “The prime rib of the Caribbean”. They are small, pristine islands, white sand, gin-clear water, and resistant to the scary development that has taken over most of the Caribbean.

Bequia is everything you could hope for in a small island. Admiralty Bay is its enormous harbor with clear water and steep green cliffs. Port Elizabeth is its small town where fishing boats are built on the beach. Bequians are descendants of settlers who came on whaling boats from North America, Scotland, France, and Africa. They are friendly, outgoing and travel mainly on foot (always a good sign).

We then moved on to a group of five uninhabited islands, the Tobago Cays. They are protected by Horse Shoe Reef from the sea. The water is the deepest turquoise that you find here. The snorkeling was excellent but with big waves. It is very easy to drift in the underwater beauty, to pop up and realize that you are quite far from the boat. It is then that the “Jaws theme” starts to play in your head!

The longer I am here, the more the people mesmerize me. The fishermen, the ladies walking to church, the school children in their uniforms, the vendors in the markets, each island has its own version of these groups.

This is an amazing experience for a family. Nick and India have really benefited from the time away and I have realized that there are not endless years ahead that can be spent together.

See where we were in February

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