The flight from Port of Spain to St Vincent via Liat Airlines was delayed by one hour...not an incommon situation we were told! As soon as we touched Trinidad, I took off my watch...so no stress. We were just very sleepy from our night spent in the plane - the movie in the plane was Star Trek - so we watched it. Anyway, I aways sleep better in front of the TV!
It was really nice to look at the islands from above...wow! we had sailed fthrough and to so many of them! The weather got rainy and squally when we approached Bequia and St Vincent but the rain stopped as soon as we got here. Heiner waited with the luggage at the airport and found a taxi while I went shopping to SunShine Foodstores for eggs, butter...and rum, of course. The basics....
After reacquainting ourselves with the steep hills and roads and the beautiful green and lush landscapes of the area , we found our ship! She had been moved to another spot. The moving did some minor damage (but certainly a good of hours worth sanding and painting...) to the paint of the hull...we are not happy about this!
Otherwise, we were very relieved to find the interior dusty but with no damages due to humidity or bugs...not ONE weevil in our food!!!!
Yesterday was spent cleaning and resorting the stuff that we bought at home...and after supper, and a little rum, we went to bed at 18h30...and slept until 7h00 this morning. The mosquitoes forced us to put the screens on and so it was a hot hot night (30C...).
As I am writing this, the sun shines and there is a refreshing breeze blowing (20Knots)...the huge bamboo trees are full of birds and the sea is blue. It makes it all worth it after all....
It was really nice to look at the islands from above...wow! we had sailed fthrough and to so many of them! The weather got rainy and squally when we approached Bequia and St Vincent but the rain stopped as soon as we got here. Heiner waited with the luggage at the airport and found a taxi while I went shopping to SunShine Foodstores for eggs, butter...and rum, of course. The basics....
After reacquainting ourselves with the steep hills and roads and the beautiful green and lush landscapes of the area , we found our ship! She had been moved to another spot. The moving did some minor damage (but certainly a good of hours worth sanding and painting...) to the paint of the hull...we are not happy about this!
Otherwise, we were very relieved to find the interior dusty but with no damages due to humidity or bugs...not ONE weevil in our food!!!!
Yesterday was spent cleaning and resorting the stuff that we bought at home...and after supper, and a little rum, we went to bed at 18h30...and slept until 7h00 this morning. The mosquitoes forced us to put the screens on and so it was a hot hot night (30C...).
As I am writing this, the sun shines and there is a refreshing breeze blowing (20Knots)...the huge bamboo trees are full of birds and the sea is blue. It makes it all worth it after all....
Nous voila bien arrives a St Vincent mais apres une attente assez longue a l'aeroport Piarco car le vol de Liat etait en retard d'une heure..ce qui arrive assez souvent.
Nous avions hate d'arriver et la vue panoramique des iles entourees de sable blanc nous a remis ds le bon mood. Nous etions cependant tres fatigues de notre periple et nous avons dormi 12 heures en ligne malgre la chaleur assez insupportable pour le moment. Notre corps n'est pas encore habitue...au 30C plus le jour et 30c la nuit.
Bonnes et mauvaises surprise: pas de moisissures ni de bibittes nulle part...mais un gros menage de rangement a faire! On a trop achete d'affaires!
La mauvaise surprise: le bateau a ete transporte a un autre lieu sur le chantier! Il y avait une pierre dans la courroie ce qui a cause une grosse craque dans la peinture de la coque...a un autre endroit, deux clous ont transperce le bois des supports du bateau et ont aussi cause un dommage a la peinture de la coque! PLusieurs heures suplementaires de travail ...
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