Leaving Union Island

We traveled from Union Island to St. Vincent Island on my birthday (Thursday). It was an extremely long day but we traveled so far. We had great winds. Union and St. Vincent are both the same country, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Tobago Cays). We actually saw dolphins, about 7 or 8 but were a fair distance away. Maybe they were eating all those flying fish we see everywhere. We make lunches in the morning before we head out because it is too rough to be inside the boat.... plus some of us get motion sickness but not me. I am the one who is not ever, so I am inside sometimes to get people things. Because this is the last island in this country we had to check out so we decided to head to Chateau Belair bay to the customs there on St. Vincent Island. There was only one boat there anchored. We should have know something was not right when there were no local boys coming with their small boats to help direct us in. We got ourselves anchored and comes along a local boy about age 12 on a surf board paddling with a wooden oar. The boy told us it is not safe here and to come to the beach closer to shore. We did not want to do that then locals are too close to us too. So we decided to not stay... but to check out of the country here as the other place is major backtracking. Paul went with Dave to shore and a good thing as both were very nervous, nothing like the other places we were at before. The boy, George stayed with us, he told us that he is asked to come and tell the tourists that it is not safe and not stay by the Customs office on shore. We backtracked down to a another bay with the local welcoming committee to help us anchor. This bay was full of boats and many tourists and we were welcomed! Paul and I went ashore to a Pirates of the Caribbean restaurant\bar to send emails wireless, finally after many days. St. Vincent had many sites where the movie was filmed. I am sitting here in Marigot Bay at St. Lucia (New country now, Q flag is flying right now). St. Lucia was a major movie location too for the movies.

This night we had spaghetti dinner for my birthday, I made the sauce while Paul and Dave were ashore checking us out of the country. Turns out that exactly six years ago Paul and I were in St. Lucia on a holiday for my 40th birthday.

This will be posted eventually.