Being here has been a reassuring feeling. We were working on the sun shade when whammee the wind started. It is like turning on a switch. We were working in calm when the wind started blowing the sun shade with us holding on around the bow of the boat when Michael and Rebecca showed up to help. It has been so much fun to see them again after 1.5 years of only reading their blog. As in Georgetown you feel like you have people around you that will help you even if you do not know them well. Sadly one white tree left yesterday but we will see them in grenada.
Bequia has been beautiful to us. We have an anchorage next to the beach and also next to a cliff that has a few little grottos. I kayaked all around one morning before the sun was too hot. We are also next to a reef so sea life is abundant.
Town is not as third world as others so it is not as depressing to go shopping. Some of the architecture is so interesting. I hope to take pictures today and then maybe paint them. We are anchored with big ships in this anchorage. There are the feral dogs but not so many, and I have seen many with collars so that makes me feel a little better. I do have a problem with the animal conditions but they are not so bad here. It is very hard for me. I am looking forward to going home and seeing dogs that I can pat and love and that are not starved.
Shopping is an adventure. You have market where you get fruits and veggies and then stores for other supplies. The markets are like running the gauntlet. Ten different vendors, all selling the same stuff coming at you to buy from them. The mangoes and
are abundant.
There is a turtle sanctuary here that is most interesting. The guy raises the turtles and turns them back into the wild. Turtle are hunted here for food. This guy raises them till they are a certain size and then drills two holes in the back of their shells and then puts them back in the ocean. He has had reports from divers in Trinidad that they have seen turtles with two holes drilled in the back of their shells, so his program is working. In the wild only 1 in 3000 make it so he is increasing the odds. Even the eggs are hunted here. He will go to the beach early in the am and look for a recent nest and disguise it. Diana took a ton of pictures.
There have been a couple of firsts here. I took a shower yesterday as it was raining so hard I could not resist. The cool water was so refreshing. I just had another little rinse from an early morning squall.
I also was sewing on the sun shade yesterday during squalls. The squalls roar through and then the sun comes out and make a steam bath.
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