We arrived from cold Canada to meet up with Dawn and Laurie,
"easy as pie" at the Black Pearl Restaurant in the Blue Lagoon, St. Vincent, courtesy of
Stan, the taxi driver.
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| A view of Blue Lagoon from the Black Pearl restaurant |
Speaking of pie,
the next day we sailed to Bequia, walked through town for some provisions to
end the afternoon, relaxing at Mac's Pizzeria for a tasty treat. Check out the mascot at Mac's, or is it, "mascat"?
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| Kitty at Mac's Pizzeria |
From Bequia we had a "gentleman's sail" to the
Tobago Cays and caught two 18 inch tuna that caused lots of excitement during
the crossing. The tunas made for 3 meals for 4 of us!!
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| Can you tell which fish came from Value Village in Fredericton? |
The snorkeling in the Cays is like swimming in an aquarium.
Dawn and Laurie have found a spot on the horseshoe reef where the fish are tame
and ate banana out of our hands. There
were fish of many colours, like a kaleidoscope, but my favorite were the cute
little trunkfish.
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| Trunkfish |
The next day, we dinghied around a small island to swim with
the turtles. "Wow, wow, wow." What an awesome experience. The turtles are so graceful and gentle and
really didn't mind us swimming beside them.
From the Cays, we moved over to the Island of Mayreau and
anchored in Ron's happy-place; Salt
Whistle Bay. The water, the beach, and
the sun were perfect. Dawn, Laurie and I
went for a walk along the back beach while watching the kite-surfers. Check out the beauty of this Bay.
The sail back to Bequia was on the rhumb line; straight and
smooth with sails well trimmed all the way.
We anchored off the reef for a short swim to snorkel. Here Dawn and I had several exciting
sightings: fluttering squid, juvenile
damsels, spotted eel, a baby octopus, and a large manta ray the size of a piece of
plywood. Just wait till you see the
video of that.
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| Manta ray, the size of a sheet of plywood! |
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| Green turtle in the Tobago Cays |
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| Parrot Fish |
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| Judy feeding banana to her favourite fish! |
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| Ron's "Happy Place" to remember while back at work next week! |
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| Check out these smiley guys : ) |
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| Cruise Ship leaving Salt Whistle Bay! |
Hard to believe our week is almost over. Our hosts have been most gracious and the
5-star (or 5 starfish) accommodations very pleasurable. Our trip to paradise has been positively
perfect!
