Away in a Manger, Caribbean style!!! Look closely and you'll see the dog. I think her name is Mary...or something like that.
We’re in Clifton Harbour, Union Island. The friends who intended to meet us here for Christmas, Sue and Morris and their 21 year old son Stewart aboard “Strider”, contacted us and said they couldn’t make it. They are back in Trellis Bay, Carriacou, and Stewart is suffering from a kidney stone.
This is just off the back of our boat today. The airport is in the background. This will be of special interest to kite surfer Walter who is visiting us next month with Dana, his wife.
We’re taking it easy here. Cat Tales is cuddled up to the back of a reef that is blocking the real Atlantic waves, but not the wonderful breeze. We’re reading, doing odd chores, and not much else. Dawn has the boat so well stocked that we can’t even give the locals any business. We have great internet, albeit we paid for it – Dawn is not a pirate today!
Anyway, the poem we borrowed and posted yesterday kind of inspired me, so I wrote one myself today:
Ho Ho Ho an a bottle o’ rum
Santa he in da Caribbean
Dat jolly guy wif da big red threads
Thick black boots an a hat on his head
(Da man gonna sweat til he frikkin dead)
We got no socks, got no mantle
But we got all de rum dat we can handle
Got no 'nog, but lots a punch
Takes nutmeg too, an' good for lunch
Supper gonna be wine an cheese
No turkey, no ham, holy jeeze
But don' need much, we move so slow
But have good times wif HOHOHO
We miss old friends an da visitin'
But we's lymin wif boaters an' no grievin'
Thanks for all the nice emails,
Merry Christmas to all from da Cat Tales
- by Laurie
The beach in the background is Sandy Island where we spent 3 days.
Sunset off the back of our boat at Sandy Island
This is a sign we saw on a building on our walk this morning! Many more of these around.
Also seen on our walk today was this unique building.
Merry Christmas all!
