Christmas in Bequia.
Oriole
Mon 29 Dec 2008 13:05
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Admiralty Bay, Bequia
13:00.55N 61:14.30W
When we arrived in Bequia we only had
very preliminary plans for Christmas, but these soon gelled and in company with
Nordlys and Moonsong RCC we arranged to use the garden terrace of a bar which
was closed on Christmas Day for our Christmas Dinner.
 Christmas Dinner at the Green
Boley.
We invited the crews of three other
yachts to join us and everyone contributed. Chris and Annette boned a
turkey which was cooked on the Nordlys bbq and we cooked loin of pork on the new
Oriole bbq. Trinidad Rum Cake is an excellent substitute for Christmas pudding
and does not need a microwave or hours in a steamer and goes down very well with
rum butter. These were only part of a wonderfully full menu. There
was even enough to feed a few locals who just happened to turn up looking
hungry!!
 Sunday morning walking
party.
Normal Boxing Day activity took place
and we attempted to walk off our gastronomic excesses with limited success but
today we engaged Martine, a very lively and enthusiastic French guide living in
Bequia, to take a group of us on an off piste walk. We explored the wild
side of Bequia using paths and tracks we would never have discovered on our own
and returned thoroughly exhausted and hungry again.
 We suspect that on any day you would
have Anse La Coite to yourself.
Andrew arrived here on Saturday in
Sea Shuttle and we have been visited several times by their very smart
tender.
 Andrew's new toy.
We are planning to leave to go north
a the next few days as the winds are forecast to die down a bit and should be
able to meet up again with Sea Shuttle in Antigua. WE WISH EVERYONE A
HAPPY NEW YEAR. |