We walked across Bequia to the Atlantic side (the place is called Industry)  in order to enjoy once more times the view from Dawn's Creole resort. It is a beautiful walk on the road among flower bushes, coconut plantations and a magnificent view from the Atlantic with Balliceaux and Battowia rugged profiles in the background.

The sail through the Grenadines between Mayreau and Bequia was most relaxing but with no blue skies...November moods with blue gray waters a bit reminiscent of Lake Ontario. However, Bequia was as colourful as ever with its houses perched on the hill as well as the fishing boats on the beach, all seeming  to have been freshly painted!

We walked along the shorelines and were not so surprissed to see that the abandonned Eden resort was still there, with its huge mango trees and coconut palms!

Today's sail was to the small island Petit Tabac...on the outwards reef of the Tobago Cays. We had agreed that, if weather permits, it would be neat to anchor there..facing Africa. Well, the winds gusted up to 30 and the were several lines of squalls...ideal weather for a close reach sail in big seas. After a couple of hours of sailing, it looked like the anchorage at Petit Tabac was not so good afterall for such weather conditions,plus there were already 2 catamarans occupying most of the space. So we sailed back to Mayreau and anchored in Salines Bay for a pasta supper and a nice sunset.

Heiner is "trying out" Aquataurus engine compartment...this one is able to accomodate his whole body! The servicing of the impeller was successful!

While the sail between the island of Grenada and Carriacou is always a bit rough due to the currents around the several little islands and their underwater volcano Kick'em Jenny, we had luck this time and made it easily to Tyrrel Bay. We looked for our friends Ellen and Jim on Boldly Go but they were not there...and we left the next morning for Hillsborough (on the photos) to check out AND try to find Tonic Water. The old dilemma continues: we have lots and lots of Gin but Tonic is nowhere to be found...

Hillsborough has nice hills and more charm than Tyrrel Bay...we bought grapefruits, bananas and avocadoes!

 Today was hiking on the agenda; we managed to lure Peter away from Aquataurus and he accompanied us to the Concord Falls. The bus (direction Goyave) let us at an intersection from where we walk uphill on a paved road for at least 2 miles...it was hot and there was little wind to refresh us...We met a man on the road who told us to take it easy as there was still a long way to go...
When we finally arrived at the first fall, we were asked by the guide if we needed his services..we told him that our friend Peter was Swiss and knew how to hike mountains...The guide smiled a little incredulous. The hike to the upper falls was amazing..we walked across the small river a couple of times, jumping from boulders to boulders...and we really enjoyed bathing in the crystal clear waters of the upper falls.

 Today was a reacquaintance with Grenada StGeorges,its carenage, its roti shops, and its people. It all came back to us...what we had been missing since we left the Caribbean! On the way back from the shopping area, we also walked to the yachtclub to enjoy the views and good memories of having drinks with friends there. We felt right at home!

D-DAY ...D for Delays!That was for our departure day...delays in Kingston, delays to get to the Toronto Airport and delays of departure with Caribbean Airlines! Our flight, scheduled for 22h30 was announced to be delayed by 3 hours!!!!!!!!!!!! No need to say, we were not very happy BUT we soon found out that because we were on a connecting flight to Grenada, we were going to be put on the 22h30 flight which originally was the 16h30 flight...there was a lot of chaos at the Caribbean airlines counters and we waited in line to get "processed" but at least we were going to get to Grenada in time. The staff and employees were taken by surprise by these delays and did their best to cope...  The flight was very uncomfortable because we happen to sit in a row of seats with un-reclinable seats...for 5 hours....What a joy to disembarque this airplane. To make a long story short, we were on time in Grenada and were able to have breakfast with Peter on Aquataurus!

Grenada/Aquataurus - here we come!

Weatherforecast (wunderground.com) reads:  Grenada 29C, feels like 36C!  We love it!  Can't wait to be back again!

Fall, a nice Sunday morning walk today.