March 2019 - Eastern Caribbean - Windward Islands

March 1 -2, 2019

We had another fun sail 15nm to Bequia from St. Vincent. We went to lunch at Max's Pizzeria and had a tasty tuna and king fish lunch! We had a great walk over to Firefly Plantation. Ezra gave us a nice tour of the plantation. He taught us the names of various plant, shrubs and trees while we sampled the fruit they produced. Chinese wax apples, guava, coconut milk and meat, sugar cane, sea salt, lemon grass, bay leaf and more...  After the plantation tour we walked to the Sugar Reef Restaurant on the beach. Half had an amazing mahi on focaccia bread/grilled tomato and carmelized onions. Half had a fish roti with chutney and mango/black bean salsa. We shared wonderful food and great presentation. Of course we couldn't pass up the Lime chiffon pie. Good thing we put in 14,000 steps today.

 Eastern Caribbean |Windward Islands| St. Vincent| Bequia Island | Max's Pizzeria

Eastern Caribbean |Windward Islands| St. Vincent| Bequia Island | Firefly Plantation

Eastern Caribbean |Windward Islands| St. Vincent| Bequia Island | Firefly Plantation

Eastern Caribbean |Windward Islands| St. Vincent| Bequia Island | Firefly Plantation

Eastern Caribbean |Windward Islands| St. Vincent| Bequia Island | Industry Spring Bay

Eastern Caribbean |Windward Islands| St. Vincent| Bequia Island | Industry| Sugar Reef Restaurant

Eastern Caribbean |Windward Islands| St. Vincent| Bequia Island | Industry| Sugar Reef Restaurant

March 3-7, 2019

We had another pleasant sail from Bequia to the Tobago Cays. This is such a pretty spot and has fantastic snorkeing on the reefs surrounding the little islands. Unfortunately Spring Tides and strong winds caused higher water and stronger currents on the reefs. So we settled for snorkeing around and off the turtle island. We decided to move on to Mayreau and snorkel in Saline Bay. The snorkeing here was lovely. Lots of fish and little current. We walked across the island to see the new restaurant. Connie and I hiked up to the church while the boys opted to rest on the beach.  We bought a nice big mahi-mahi from a fisherman and had a couple of yummy meals out of it. We sailed back to Bequia for Al's birthday. We enjoyed his birthday dinner at Jacks Restaurant. 

Eastern Caribbean |Windward Islands| St. Vincent| Tobago Cays

Eastern Caribbean |Windward Islands| St. Vincent| Mayreau Island|Tuna from fisherman

Eastern Caribbean |Windward Islands| St. Vincent| Mayreau Island|anchorage