Back in Martinique, and the kids go bump, bash, ouch!
Martinique is excellent for provisions, we stocked up very thoroughly at the Fort de France supermarket, at decent prices too. Max and I visit the fish market and buy some mahi-mahi for dinner sometime this week. Whilst there, we see piles of flying fish which fascinate Max, so we buy a few for lunch. After […]
Chancers, beggars and dirty rotten scoundrels.
Any waterfront where sailors come ashore and where trade is carried out has forever been rich pickings for the less morally affected of society. It is the same here, where our yacht, and even our dinghy, may represent more money than some of these men will see in a lifetime of fishing or farming. This […]
Exploring St Lucia The Sulphur Springs and Morne Coubaril Plantation
A supposed ‘must see’ around here is ‘The Volcano’, as the taxi drivers tell you. And only $80 to take you there, sir. ‘It’s the only drive through volcano in the world, mon’. Well, that’ll be apart from the one on Dominica, then? And it’s a vent and bubbling springs rather than a volcano proper, […]
Exploring St Lucia – Diamond Gardens and hot baths
Three days since I last wrote, and we’ve almost finished the tuna, although I had to rescue a large amount of it when Gesa tried to skin and debone a piece before cooking it. I swear there was more good meat in the ‘chuckaway’ pot than the cooking pot. I cooked those bits up too […]
Maxisms and Issieisms
A couple more from the kids. They are spending a lot more time around us now, of course, and see us in good moods and bad. As a reminder that it all gets heard and stored, both kids now occasionally use ‘Oh my God’ (say it in a slow, stretched, exaggerated way) and Issie has […]
Beautiful places and beautiful people
So here we are still moored between the Pitons, St Lucia. It’s so nice here that we found it hard to leave so we stayed another day. Next to us is a smart sixty foot yacht, this morning a ninty-ish foot yacht left the bay after spending the night here, and just up from us […]
Ty Dewi excursions – Pigeon Island
To follow up on our text, here’s some pictures of our trip to Pigeon Island: – Water taxi – Nick collects Simon, Antonella, Francesca and Rebecca from their resort. Francesca wants to drive the dinghy! – The four kids at Fort Rodney, on top of an old lime kiln. – The Atlantic coast of St […]
The Pitons, St Lucia
Some photos, being: – The view approaching the amazing Pitons, old lava plugs to a couple of volcanic cones, the cones have eroded and the plugs remain, steep pinacles of rock. – Gesa and Issie have a midday swim, with Petit Piton in the background – Issie snorkeling on the reef – Internet cafe Ty […]
Fun and games in Rodney Bay
So, where was I? Ah, yes, a very social week and an alternator problem. Well, it’s continued to be very social, and we have less of an alternator problem but the last few days have seen other interesting events. As usual, sleeping on a problem often brings new ideas in the morning light. And so […]
Socialising in St Lucia
Well here we are in Rodney Bay, St Lucia and we’ve just had the most active social week of our travels so far. We’d decided to take a few days in the marina here, tempted by hot showers and a swimming pool, plus easy access to services, cafes and internet, apparently. After a rapid romp […]