Tobago Cays
Blue Sky's Voyage
George & Michael
Fri 20 Jul 2007 22:45
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Dear Friends
"12:38.25N 61:21.15W"
Blue Sky is suspended on a clear, clear
turquoise sea, under blue skies with fluffy white clouds, surrounded by palm
fringed islets and shimmering white coral beaches.
We are in the Tobago Cays - the ultimate
destination for the cruising yacht.
Snorkelling on the fringing reef, either
direct from the yacht or after a short dinghy ride is truly amazing. Fish of all
conceivable colours are unafraid of the swimmer and you drift through channels
in the coral and watch this amazing other world,
Parrot fish which have strong beaks to bite
the coral but whose colour scheme is decidedly psychedelic - all blues, greens,
pinks. Tiny fish which are dark with iridescent blue spots and big (ish) fish
with coloured outlines. Curious, ugly triangular fish, just black & white
spots. Pale fish with yellow stripes, blue and gold fish, red ones - anything
you can imagine. Oh, and turtles too...
Karla returned from snorkelling and said
"I've never seen anything so beautiful in my life!" ... So this is probably a good time to hand over to our guest
bloggers!
 Andreas: Since my last time on
Blue Sky in June 2006 I checked the blog regularly to see what Michael and
George were up to. A couple of months ago I received a mail from them with an
invitation to come and sail in the Caribbean along with a friend. Now
I find myself here in Tobago Cays which is without doubt one
of the most beautiful places I have ever seen in my life,
together with my girlfriend Karla.
I don't like to have too many expectations
before going on any trip but inevitably one always has some.
I expected to see a few colonial buildings and beaches with
coconut palmtrees with white sand and transparent water. I haven't seen that
many colonial buildings but we have seen many other things.
 Karla: For the first time I
have travelled outside Europe and I've quite noticed that too. What a big
difference concerning nature, way of life, economy etc., at least if
I compare it with Holland. But although the people aren't that rich,
they don't seem to need that much either. What else do you desire if you have
all the fresh food that you can imagine, a nature so unspoiled and
beautiful and only friendly people around?! The typical image that I had of the
Caribbean before I came here appears to be not that different than
reality.
Sailing isn't quite yet my favorite timespending
;-), but I'm very happy that I have had the possibility to experience all
this.
And for the last time I'm going to say
George&Michael what we all learned from the Jamaica man/coconut man:
It's all about love, peace, foreverness and
togethernessss.... hahahaha
Some highlights from the last 3 weeks
were the fish fest in the fishing village of Anse la Raye,
St Lucia, the Mesopotamia valley in St Vincent, the fruit market
and Princes Margaret Beach at Bequia and last but certainly not least the
Beautiful Tobago Cays.
We will certainly miss all this along with
Georges fresh fruit breakfast and nice food which even this year managed to
make us gain some weight, luckily for Andreas, unfortunately for Karla
;-).
[Andreas did buy an underwater camera in
Bequia, but it takes film so it will need to go back to Europe to be developed
and digitised. Then you can have some pics of the actual fish. Watch this
space.]
Best Wishes
George, Michael, Karla &
Andreas
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