Medical Marvels
Blue Beyond , The adventure begins.
Mark and Maxine Frost
Wed 10 Jun 2009 13:19
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With all the drama with the passport we were very
glad that Barry finally arrived and for the first few days we were having a
lovely time , then....... Barry said he didn't feel well...... just a bug we
thought ... but no within a day his whole face had blown to twice its normal
size and some lovely friends of ours on Indian Summer diagnosed him with
mumps!!!! , he,ll be fine in a day or two .... the reality was that he became
very ill for over a week and if it wasn,t for the care and medical intervention
of Dick and Lizzie he might have been carted off to the local hospital , but he
did recover and gained back his strenght so with the arrival of his friend
Brynly we set of from Granada to Carriacou , we spent a couple of days there
swimming and snorkling and had dinner in a shack called Luckies which had the
best chicken and ribs ever , the rum comes in little quart bottles that she
fills with a funnel , it was just so carribean .
We moved on to Petit Martinique a very small
island known for its smuggling activities , this is the place to fuel up and
there are so many boats to and fro (smuggling ) there is a high turnover so the
fuel is clean, we had a walk around and then we crossed the bay to petite st
Vincent , just paradise White beaches , turquoise sea , everything you think of
as just perfect . The boys snorkelled along the reef and brought back conch
shells .
Just a short sail today to Union island where we
had to check in with customs as we are now in a different counrty , St Vincent
and the Grenadines , the reefs are really treacherous and dropping anchor in the
bay did get a bit tricky , the guy next to us thought we were going to collide
but a last minute manouver avoided any drama . we checked in and walked around ,
a very colourfull and quaint place , we went out to a tiny island ( about 30
mtere round ) where an enterprising guy has built a bar on the reef and we had a
rum and coke , just great with everyone arriving by dingy
pictures will follow shortly when I get internet
connection , too expensive to put photos over the sat phone
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so time to make pancakes for breakfast and then off
to Chatham bay ......
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