Bequia

Please note that I've gone back to WEBSHOTS as a way of showing the majority of our photographs. It still takes too long to upload them to the site and any suggestions as to a better site would be greatfully received. In the meantime I've posted the most recent pictures on Webshots, click on the link at the side.

We're back in Bequia, on board Moondancer - we've provisioned for the week, cleaned half of her bottom (we'll do the rest today), the St. Vincent coffee is brewing (its very good coffee) and I can sit around our cabin half dressed as the only person who'll see me is my husband - and he doesn't mind. We really like Bequia - to be more accurate I should say that we really like Admiralty Bay in Bequia, because quite honestly we've seen little else. We have what we need here - a quiet anchorage which is mostly very comfortable - NOT rolly as it has been for the past couple of days. The water is usually very clear and the snorkelling and diving are excellent. The little town has a few good supermarkets and there's alot of fresh produce to be had. Who could ask for anything more? It only takes an hour and a half to get here from St. Vincent, so when we are not working for Barefoot we bring Moondancer across. When we finish cleaning the bottom of the boat we are going on a tour of Bequia, there is a particular place that we always see when sailing past it out on the western peninsula called Moon Hole. Its seems to be a mostly abandoned development which was built in the 60's. (see webshots for pics) The story we've heard is that a wealthy American wanted to build his own little city, so using the local stone and cement made with the local sand he built this little community, some of which is in a cave with a hole in the top. The moon (when there is one) shines through that hole onto the little town centre. From the water it looks alot like a primitive village in a Star Wars film set.  Apparently after a few years the buildings started to crumble, but some of the 'resort' is open and rooms can be rented. So even though it looks completely abandoned we've heard that some people still live there. We sailed past it at night about a week ago and there were no lights - or moon that night on that night.   see www.moonholecompany.com