We’re Back in Guadeloupe

We are off again, we were trying to get to Antigua for Christmas (not happening now) then onto Sint Maarten in January (yes, the Dutch half).

We were anchored in St George’s, Grenada, not far from Ken and Vicky on Painkiller. So Tanya and Vicky decided to go to the yacht club for lunch while Ken and I went to the hash. This was a city hash, starting right downtown in the Carenage.

At Choko’s of course!

Very hilly, lots of stairs. Nice view of the Carenage:

We are anchored way out on the left in that patch of sailboats:

Did I mention stairs?

This was the only cross country part of the hash:

Then up another hundred or so stairs. Half way up the stairs I stopped, not because my heart was close to exploding, but to snap a pic of this:

Nice view at the top. Cruise ship way out on the right, level with the roof, one cruise ship pier side, and a hospital ship from China also at the pier:

Then up again to Fort George:

And finally down to the Carenage:

And don’t forget to sign in again. The guy in front of me is John, the champagne delivery guy. Actually, he delivers almost anything you want and his prices are cheaper than retail!

And my treat for completing the most difficult hash ever, three beers and BBQ chicken. (beer is cheaper if you buy three at a time):

Then on Sunday, we put up the stockings and Christmas tree:

Then we took a dinghy ride around St George’s harbour:

Foodfair grocery store:

We had lunch at The Nutmeg:

Fishing boats:

Fire Station:

Then we went over to the big marina to check out these race boats. They crossed the Atlantic in under a week, somebody told us it took five days…:

Looking toward the Carenage from our anchorage:

Then happy hour. Olive tapenade with fresh baguette and delicious red grapes. Mmmm:

We left Grenada proper for Carriacou (also part of Grenada). We caught a few fish along the way including this little shark. He was a fighter! We removed the hook and threw him back quickly:

The wind and waves were much larger than predicted so a few miles north of Grenada we decided to detour here, Ronde Island. The tall island to the left is Diamond Island and it is about a half mile north of Ronde:

Ronde Island is beautiful, clear water, little black sand beaches and great snorkeling! We ended up staying two days. We spent two hours in the water the first afternoon and about six hours the next day! The island is 2,000 acres and it’s for sale for $100 million dollars. Google it.

Looking south, Grenada is to the left under that line of clouds and those rocks in the center are called The Sisters:

We had the most beautiful sunset. Such an amazing place!

Between this island and the surrounding islands, we could have easily spent a week or two here but we had to get going. After a couple of days in paradise, we set off again for Carriacou. We arrived in Carriacou, dropped the hook, ran in to check out with Grenadian customs and immigration, grabbed lunch, then back to the boat and off to St Lucia. Along the way we caught a small barracuda and one of these:

It’s a sailfish and it was 80 inches end to end, 63 inches jaw to fork! I tried to weigh it but…embarrassed to say I could not lift it up far enough with one arm so I just settled for a picture:

So beautiful! We do not fish for sport and we hate killing things but this fish will give us about 14 meals! Add it up in dollars!

Oh, the inevitable mess:

Last night we had grilled garlic-herb fish with rice and it was amazing, even better than Mahi Mahi!! That’s it for now. We’re in Guadeloupe waiting on weather. We are probably stuck here through Christmas…on a French island…in the Caribbean…