The End.

Well, I guess everything comes to an end, and in this case it is this blog, this tour, and these 6 weeks in Bequia. Glad you all followed along.

One last thing was to get on the plane and head back to Maine... what proved to be a shock as we left 84F and arrived 24F.

Nov. 2, we said our goodbyes to Jal, boarded the plane and left from Mitchell airport.

Plenty of free parking

Final good bye

And we are off! 

THE END

It was not a street, nor a driveway

We ended our last day on the island by driving Jal home...  mostly to say goodbye. He lives on this crazy hill with a crazy single car width road that angles up about 30 degrees. Well we dropped him off and headed down the hill ---  but took a wrong turn.

But because every road in the area was tiny, I thought, "Well, its narrow, but nothing really bad" The road dead ended , and the car was pitched at about a 30degree angle. I had to back up this tiny, tiny road.

Actually it was not a road, and it was not a driveway, .. it was actually a wide path.  Backing up wasn't going too well as the end of the road was grassy and the tires were slipping. What to do? Go get Jal and a few boys.

Jal decided that he should drive -- I agreed.

It gets a little narrow!

Yuh a little narrow... wondering what the island boys were thinking as we excavated the car.

Last Day in Bequia

Yup - leaving tomorrow AM

Been here 6 weeks.. It has gone by quickly, and we have thoroughly enjoyed being here.

Obviously we have many stories, and tried to share them. We arrived wanting to experience the island, island life, culture and a bit of community, and that did happen. 

We had the opportunity to meet many people and hear their stories and views of Bequia.

The one main thing that we found in Bequia was how friendly the people are. Whether it was for a long conversation or a quick wave to someone on the road, folks here in Bequia just seem to happy to see you.

We will be heading back to Maine to the house at 56 Surf St, Saco to seawater that will likely be 30F colder that here.

Just call me "Bashie"

We were back at Jack's talking to Ken, Ari and now Yellow and David -- yup a guy named Yellow.

Yellow says that "everyone on the island has a nickname  - what's yours?" - Shrug
Almost immediately Yellow says "Bashie - you are Bashie"

He derived that from the fruit that is use to make the boleys -- the Calabash. Since Yellow was there when I presented my personal boley work to Ken, it was a first impression for him.

So, ... call me Bashie

Tobago Cays and Mayreaux - part 3

We had lunch at Dennis's hideaway... what an unexpected treasure. -- in the middle of a tiny island.

The first odd thing was that as we approached the restaurant, we heard Irish music. I was a bit surprised, so I asked Dennis why he played it - "I like it" -- dah I guess. Why not? He later said that he was educated in British schools and they sung Irish songs. He liked the traditional stuff the most.

I wanted to add   video/audio  but this internet is way to slow upload to let me.

Pretty funky place with surprisingly good food.

Notice the live free or die license plate.

Alicia in her slick look.

Dennis in his kitchen. What do you want? Fish, Chicken, Ribs ? === Fish.

Our table

Grilled Grouper

Tobago Cays and Mayreaux Part 2

After the first bit of snorkeling, we set off for lunch on Mayreaux -- a small island in the Grenadines with about 300 residents, one road and not a lot of cars (possibly 3-4).  Pronounce it My-Roo.

Approaching Mayreaux ( camera lens had a little dew on it)

Colorful Shops on the beach

Not sure what kind of fish these are - found at the same "colorful" shops.

Last Bar before the Jungle

Very funky

Tobago Cays and Mayreaux - part 1

We decided to hire a boat and take a tour of some of the Grenadines. The goal was to get to Tobago Cays for some snorkeling at the reef that exists there. Its about an hour boat ride south from BQ.

We arrive at Tobago Cays

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Pay the entry fee to the Marine Park

Check out the island that was used in Pirates of the Caribbean

Hang out some while snorkeling ( this is not an underwater camera)

A boat vendor

We pass a boat on the way out