We worked our way up the east coast of Grenada passing some stunning and
rugged scenery along the way (in contrast to the long strips of beach along the
southern coast where we started)......
.....with Chris doing a great job of pointing out
the best scenery!
After a good morning of sailing it was time for lunch and Jeff picked a very ordinary
spot (deserted beach with crystal clear water) for us to stop and enjoy a bit of
swimming and snorkeling before climbing back on board for a beautiful lunch
(the beauty of it was that we didn't have to lift a finger!!).
After a quick post lunch dip, we then had another long haul in the afternoon
to get to Union Island where we moored overnight. Chris took over the
Skipper duties so Jeff could have a much needed nap, once we were out in
very open water and he couldn't possibly hit anything!
We arrived at Union Island just as the sun was setting which was
a nice way to finish our day's sailing before heading onto the island
for a few much needed ice cold Carib's (the local brew).
These are a few shots of Union Island as we headed off the next morning for one of the highlights of the trip (ok, the top highlights of a whole trip of highlights!) in Tobago Cays, a group of small islands (cays) with beautiful beaches, palm trees, crystal clear waters and loads of turtles to swim around with, as you will see in the upcoming shots.
The following shots are all of Tobago Cays and I hope they do it justice, as it truly
was stunning, as were the fine array of very expensive water craft moored in the area!
We also caught up with a few of our friends who Ben played footy with in
Sydney who had also hired a catamaran and were in Tobago Cays. The shots
below are of Worker, Sophia, Niamh, Bunny, Cash, et. al. on their cat.
Here's Worker and Sophia heading off for a bit of turtle spotting......
........perhaps they also saw this one?
Inge on our boat soaking up the serenity!
We all headed over to one of the beaches in the evening where one of the locals
whipped up a freshly caught BBQ Lobster dinner, as expertly modeled by Karl
below! The sunset at Tobago that evening was serene.
After a good night's rest we were off snorkeling on the Tobago reefs the next day - the
first shot shows Chris being surrounded by the fish (as he had a bottle of fish food in his
hand, not because he is some sort of Doctor Doolittle!). It wasn't quite the Great Barrier
Reef but there was some reasonably diverse marine life down there.
Next section - interesting creatures of the deep! First up, the electric polka dot fish.....
......then those nasty sea urchins (don't mistake this for a rock like Worker did!).......
........and finally, a Karl!
Here's some more fish if you're not sick of them by now!
Inge relaxes in between snorkeling expeditions, and presents the Jones blog
"Spot the Fish" competition!
Worker fully submerged - looking for pearls(?) and a final fish shot for you!
We then raced "Worker's crew" back to Grenada to see the match against NZ.
We arrived into Grenada after dusk and Ben was bored after a long day's sailing so decided to play around with his camera on the boat. The first shot is a long exposure of the moon which created an interesting shape from the movement of the boat. The next shot is of the lights along the shore with the long exposure creating a Jackson Pollock-esque piece, which is dedicated to George as I know how much he loves Jackson Pollock's "work"!!
Well, that about wraps it up for Part 2. In our final installment there's highlights from the drubbing we handed out to the Kiwis in the last Super 8 match and our sailing to beautiful Bequia where unfortunately we had to leave the boat and commence our journey back to London whilst the boys headed on to St Lucia and the semi-final against South Africa. Hopefully we'll have the last installment up in the next day or two.
Take care,
Ben & Inge
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