Tobago Cays, Canouan

Tobago Cays is probably one of the most famous places in the Caribbean and, for a reason.

The only way to get there is by boat. The Cays is a group of 3 tiny islands surrounded by reefs. The whole place is a nature reserve with a turtle sanctuary and it is indeed fabulous!

Once you managed to pass the reefs and found a spot to drop the anchor, at least one boat will come by to make sure you're okay.... whatever you might need, Walter in our case will bring it to you. We ordered some croissants and banana bread for the next morning :-) We skipped the beach barbeque with lobster and stuff but as we went to the beach we bought a T-shirt.

We took the dinghy to snorkel. I had seen a turtle before but this was amazing. Numerous turtles gently swam around, obviously used to snorkelers :-) I also saw some stingrays but you don't want to get too close to them...

The reef was great too but so was the current. You could hardly stay were you were, let alone swim into it. So it didn't take too long to get tired and head back for the dinghy...

Next morning Walter brought our stuff and after breakfast we sailed to Canouan. Union Island, Tobago Cays, Canouan, Mustique, Bequia are all part of the Grenadines and the Grenadines belongs to St Vincent, not to Grenada.

Canouan is a beautiful little Island with Charleston as the main and only village. As soon as we entered the bay another Walter showed up in a boat to help us with a mooring buoy. There were some other yachts but the resort seemed to have only 2 or 3 guests. We went ashore and walked around a bit. As we passed the 'supermarket' annex bar, I was called over to meet and sit with some guys and have a drink, the local rum mixed with some kind of juice. The people are indeed very friendly. I could only get away after I promised I'd come back later to buy a bottle of their rum :-)

I don't think they can legally brew that kind of stuff in Europe, it's 87.5%. If you'd drop the bottle, it'll explode!

Next morning we sailed over to Mustique. Mustique is a very exclusive Island where all kinds of celebrities and royalties own a place. The whole place is run by a private company but you can rent a one room cottage for $ 15.000 a week...

We had booked a table at Basil's Bar to have a delicious Xmas dinner. Luckily the price of that was more normal :-). We didn't see any celebrities, at least no one I know... :-o but watching the people there was fun. You indeed enter a different world at Mustique :-)