Bequia and the Tobago Keys
We left St. Lucia on a brisk breeze, headed for Bequia. Farewell to beautiful St. Lucia.
Bequia was charming, full of excellent restaurants, and an easy place to visit, with boats circling to volunteer some of the moorages. Bequia was also a busy place, with lots of amenities, floating fuel stations, water and ice, boats, fresh fruits, whatever you needed, they could provide by boat. In addition, Bequia was a stop for many cruise ships. There will not be enough time for the places where we'd love to linger. After only a day, we traveled on to the Tobagos, a National Park area in the Grenadines, dedicated to sea turtles and snorkeling. We found plenty of both and lots of other sailing visitors besides. On the way to the Tobago Keys, we had some of the loveliest sailing of the cruise... and the most reckless, when Rick, acting as navigator chose to sail over the top of a known underwater volcano, which although quiet most days, was known to have erupted within the past few years and was in a designated no go zone. He did not mention that to the three admirals, who would have insisted on avoiding that shortcut.
The anchorage was crowded, but we chose to go with one of the many boat boys who roam the area, connecting visitors with mooring balls, anchorages, and especially with the beach BBQ, held every night. The cruising guides said when bargaining, to make sure you stayed below $50 per person on the BBQ, so we did. And were glad we chose to do so. The mooring ball was perfect, close to a pretty beach and hiking spot and the BBQ was just on the other side of the island, with the biggest lobsters and best food we had on our trip. We watched as they unloaded the live lobsters by boat.
The sunrise the following day was spectacular from our anchorage.
As was our view of the anchoage from the top of the hill later in the day.
The view toward the shore from our boat wasn't half bad either.
Bequia was charming, full of excellent restaurants, and an easy place to visit, with boats circling to volunteer some of the moorages. Bequia was also a busy place, with lots of amenities, floating fuel stations, water and ice, boats, fresh fruits, whatever you needed, they could provide by boat. In addition, Bequia was a stop for many cruise ships. There will not be enough time for the places where we'd love to linger. After only a day, we traveled on to the Tobagos, a National Park area in the Grenadines, dedicated to sea turtles and snorkeling. We found plenty of both and lots of other sailing visitors besides. On the way to the Tobago Keys, we had some of the loveliest sailing of the cruise... and the most reckless, when Rick, acting as navigator chose to sail over the top of a known underwater volcano, which although quiet most days, was known to have erupted within the past few years and was in a designated no go zone. He did not mention that to the three admirals, who would have insisted on avoiding that shortcut.
The anchorage was crowded, but we chose to go with one of the many boat boys who roam the area, connecting visitors with mooring balls, anchorages, and especially with the beach BBQ, held every night. The cruising guides said when bargaining, to make sure you stayed below $50 per person on the BBQ, so we did. And were glad we chose to do so. The mooring ball was perfect, close to a pretty beach and hiking spot and the BBQ was just on the other side of the island, with the biggest lobsters and best food we had on our trip. We watched as they unloaded the live lobsters by boat.
The view toward the shore from our boat wasn't half bad either.
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