Category Archives: Caribbean

Carriacou

Shame our camera didn’t have its memory card so no photos of Carriacou’s Paradise Beach, a crescent of golden sand backed by vegetation, its clear blue water protected by Sandy Island, a reef and another island. The rain was torrential … Continue reading

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Sea monsters!

Skippette strikes a monster deal She always enjoys the thrill of bargaining but when she came back with 100 EC$ (=~£25) for 4 large lobsters the only obstacle was how we could store them in the minibus for half a … Continue reading

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Online and powered up

New Year, new location. After checking in briefly in Carriacou overnight it was down to Prickly Bay, Grenada, for some recharging of batteries, both figurative and literal. Prickly Bay merits its popularity. Grenada is friendly and less pushy (for visitors’ … Continue reading

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Happy Christmas from Khujada 2 in Chatham Bay!

We are spending Christmas Day in Chatham Bay, a quiet corner of Union Island. We are so used to everywhere not in the middle of the ocean having (if often only ropey) wifi that it was a bit of a … Continue reading

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We have arrived!

We crossed the finishing line at around ~0600 UTC. We were welcomed by: – a flotilla (well, the committee boat and the photographer’s rib), – a salute (not 21-gun admittedly but a signal horn to announce our arrival to the … Continue reading

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