The Birds – Aves de Barlovento

IMG_2451This is why we go cruising. To see those small corners of the world that are still pristine and mostly unscarred by mankind’s heavy footprint. Those places that you can’t get to by plane, or car, or cruise ship, only by private vessel. There can’t be too many left in the world, so when you come across them it’s a rare and special privilege. Aves de Barlovento is one of those places. Continue reading “The Birds – Aves de Barlovento”

Sugar N’ Spice – Grenada

The roadside spice shop with bags and bags of fresh cinnamon
The roadside spice shop with bags and bags of fresh cinnamon

“God gives everyone sometink, Man. Grenada got spices and water”. So said our tour guide “Yellow” when we did our island tour. Actually, I think Grenada got a lot more than that. It’s another wonderful island with a rich history, an abundance of lush tropical vegetation, its’ own rum distillery and cocoa processing factory, restaurants galore, and the friendliest of people. Continue reading “Sugar N’ Spice – Grenada”

Let’s Go Fly A Kite – Carriacou

Rob and Geoff on kite prep
Rob and Geoff on kite duty

Ever since we bought our second-hand spinnaker in Annapolis, it’s been quietly sitting in the forward locker waiting for its’ moment of glory. In the Caribbean, the wind is either too strong, or from the wrong direction for kite-flying and in fact we’ve only seen one other yacht flying a spinnaker in the whole time we’ve been here. A rare species indeed. So it was with some excitement that we thought that possibly, just possibly, we might get to play with the kite on the way to Carriacou. Continue reading “Let’s Go Fly A Kite – Carriacou”