Bequia is another of our favourite islands. It is part of St Vincent and the Grenadines (a group of islands stretching over about 30 miles), about 2 miles by 4 miles, 7 square miles with a population of about 6,000, very peaceful, small, laid back, safe, hassle free, nice beaches with some nice restaurants. Not surprisingly a lot of cruisers spend time there and at this time of year, a lot of boats are passing through, heading south before hurricane season starts.Again the nuances of shopping in a small town – the bakery doubles up as a shoe shop!? Also the local baker comes around in a dingy each morning with fresh bread, rolls and great banana bread. Small yellow barges (“daffodil marine”) come round to deliver fuel, water, ice etc and collect / deliver laundry. You can buy lobsters, fish, pineapple etc from the boat boys (who seem a lot more organized, friendlier and less forceful than some other islands).
While there Charlotte got another new pet (see prior log) – a baby Portuguese Man of War is not the regular child’s pet, but I guess Charlotte is not leading a regular child’s life…. We also went snorkeling (on a different day to catching the jelly fish) a short swim from the boat.
One day the fisherman decided that the fish were all in a spot close by to Sue and Mick’s boat Breathless and proceeded to throw all their nets out, just by their anchored boat. Needles to say, the winds turned, as did their boat and by the time they came back from ashore, nets were all caught up under the boat… The fisherman made peace with a bucket of tuna (they gave one to us and I made sushi that night). There were literally hundreds of small tuna which they loaded into a fishing boat and whisked off to sell in St Vincent (literally a “boat load”).
Here I am eating some of the freshest tuna ever!
We had a nice 4 days in Bequia, and then it was time to start heading south…
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