13.14N 61.16W Wallilabou Bay
Ca Canny
Sun 20 Dec 2009 00:19
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Dear Blogg readers,
We are sitting in the Wallilabou Anchorage
'restaurant', on the quay with view on the boot.
This morning, my alarm woke me up to prepare the
dingy at 5.30 am.
We went to the fish market at first light.
Lots of stalls with fresh vegetables, fruit, green
coconuts, fish cakes on the charcoal local fires. The local fires are made from
clay and are also for sale on the market. 8 Caribean Dollar. They where sold in
no time. strange. I think they don't last very long. They have to replace them
very quickly.
After a breackfast with lots of fruit pealed by
Tine, we left sailing from Soufriere direction south.
The open straight between St Lucia and St Vincent
was very windy with wind up to 22 knots. Beam reach. Not to much current but
still being pushed off course.
The first sea sickness raised its uggly head with
Isobel and Mary Ellen.
We reached the leeward side of St Vincent and the
going was smooth again.
There are only 2 points to clear customs in St
Vincent. Wallilabou bay and Kingston the capital. Kingston was exposed to the
wind, so we settled middle of the Island in Wallilabou bay. A small open bay
which has been used as a film set for The Pirates of the Carribean.
The beach front is still all done up as a set with
cotton bales, canons, the coffins standing up. The hotel front was still boarded
up in front of the balcony with a fake wall, old doors etc. It was starting to
get all a bit delapidated.
We mostly ate creole fish, chicken or pork.
Lovelee
Some of us had a shower on shore.
On return, Izzy made us bouzy banana. Rum, sugar,
banana in the pan.
Just the right thing to close of the evening.
So till tomorow.
Marc
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