Bequia - Admiralty Bay
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Paul Huntley
Sat 7 Mar 2009 17:18
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Bequia today, Admiralty Bay, then on to Mustique in
a minute.
So far the day has consisted of lots of activity -
which is great news for those of us who are missing the exercise!
This morning was an early one - I woke in a hammock
looking through the sitting room hatch - great breeze up there may well break it
out tonight as well. After a hearty breakfast cooked expertly by Sarah and
Kirsty we took the dingy to Port Elizabeth and Kirsty, Tim and Paul went to get
ice and water and sort out the customs things and Sarah and I went for a
wander.
We found a very steep hill and decided this looked
like a good idea, and spurred on by the cute goats bleating at us that looked
like they used to be attached to something (with long scraggy peices of rope
that were dragging behind them). We found at the top some great views across the
bay and a place with a shelter and some old canons called Hamilton Point - this
was a British lookout for the island in times gone by so when the troop of
Americans arrived in an open top van we decided it was time to make a
move.
As we walked down the hill again we found a
beautiful little shop filled with lots of half completed pottery and had a look
inside - there was absolutely no-one around so I went out to the work room and
shouted hello and an old guy appeared and invited us into the back to look at
some stuff he'd just pulled out the kiln - it was extremely hot but very pretty.
We walked on a bit further and got offered money for my hat - the people here
are so friendly and you have to speak to everyone you meet which is very
refereshing after being in England where no-one notices each other.
We met up with Kirsty and Tim at the local veg
market and got pestered for our order - Tim proudly claimed all three girls and
we all ate some freshly chopped mangos, passion fruit, star fruit and papaya.
Then I got a marriage proposal and we all bought some fruit and it was on to the
next shop! This was definately more touristy and was full of shirts and
necklaces and postcards - Kirsty wanted Tim to buy a shirt but he put his foot
down and said he'd never wear it again - we walked on to the bakery and got some
more stuff for lunch and all this time poor Paul was still in the customs office
filling in triplicate forms for one stop, this afternoon Paul is looking again
at the fridge and we are preparing to cook him an especially nice dinner and
lace him with a good few cold beers tonight, after a good cup of tea and some
more sailing, this is thirsty work!
Back to the shopping though, we had to dive in to
the bay from the dock to swim to the boat and get the dingy that Paul
had taken back after customs (we got diverted by bartering for some beer on the
way back too). This was such a hardship of course as it is about 28 degrees,
Kirsty stayed with the shopping and Tim, Sarah and I swam the 100 meters - just
about right to cool us down. Then we met an oldish guy called Cori who took
Sarah and for a wake boarding lesson - bit difficult and neither of us could
stand up but his surfboard was awesome to kneel on holding on the rope - it was
pretty rough for the Caribbean and therefore he wasn't surpirised we couldn't do
the wake boarding, that's another invitation to meet up if we come back in the
next 2 months though.
We're about to move now so best close up the
hatches and get on to Mustique, hope all is well at home.
Lots of love,
Emma |