" A LADY TRIP " AROUND THE WORLD. and avoiding the recession,
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Tue 22 Dec 2009 22:55
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THURSDAY 17th December 2009
Got up to a lovely morning in MARIGOT BAY, sun
shining delightfully in the sky , but lots of water everywhere, the rib was
almost full to the brim
from all the rain that fell during the night.
bailing the rib took time and energy.( we could have used some of POPEYE's
spinage )
We went ashore once the rib was dry and got some
provisions in the little local supermarket, the stock in this little place was
excellent with a lot of unusual food , not available anywhere else. but then we
discovered that the owner was french, so then it all seemed to
fit......
Later on while having a coffee, we met a DUTCH
couple and their two kids, they were very chatty and it turned out the wife "
MATHILDE " is an Architect.
so the conversation went for ages and ages,
TOPIC'S of course, the economy and how it was effecting
them, politics in Architecture,
and naturally ,we are so imaginative and wonderfull
people.. ARCHITECTS ....... there should be lots more of them and they
should controll everything...
Ahhhhhhh,, sure it was all so wonderfull while it
lasted..
Aileen got her hair done and had a massage as well,
Back on board , Aileen caught up on the washing (
in the machine ). The skipper tidied up all the bunting and put it all
away for another time.
We then reread ROM'S account of HELEN
LEAHY when she was on a trip to MUMBAI in India in the last year or
so.
HELEN was our neighbour growing up and now lives in
Canada.
HELEN and her three friends on arrival back to
their Hotel in MUMBAI after attending a Yoga conference, went to the bar for a
night cap,
Next thing, A GUNMAN burst into the room and shot
up the place, to make a long storey short, HELENS room mate , along with about
270 others
were killed that night in the hotel , and as far as
the Skipper can make out is, ONLY HELEN and
two of her friends survived the MASSACURE
We can recall the occasion , but little did we
think we knew anyone there, Small World...
Later we had dinner on board ,and then went ashore
again for a night cap in " DooLittles "
We met the owner "DAVE" and the skipper recalled
with him the time about 8 years ago when we sailed in to Marigot bay in a
chartered yacht
and the fecker ( Dave ) nearly poisened the Boss
with some Mooonshine he had stashed away under the counter.
All I remember was being lifted onto the boat and
put to bed, it took 3 days to shake off the effects
We watched a D.V.D later , which had great
reviews, but we both thought it was dull and boring,
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
FRIDAY 18th December 2009
08.00 Skipper went for a refreshing swim off the
stern of A LADY ,
Slow morning, enjoying the whole scene
13.00 we had lunch at " DooLittles " and
bumped into the crew of SARABI , one of the other " OYSTER 56 'S "
long discussion from recessions to sailing away
from it all......................
16.00 we sailed out of Marigot Bay and went to
SOUFRIERE bay, Actually we tied to a mooring in between the PITITON'S
..
they are like tho mountains shooting up out of the
sea into the sky, and boy , did the wind blow down from them,, 35/40 knots all
night
but no sea running as we were so close to the land,
We went ashore later and had a meal in the "
HILTON'S " beach restaurant, excellent,
We left the aft deck light on while we were ashore,
so when we arrieved back to the ship we found her surrounded with millions of
FISH
which were attracted by the strong light. we
refused to fish.......
early bunk ..zzzzzz
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