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bequia heritage museum
History is my absolute least favorite subject, but the heritage museum turned out to be my new favorite field trip. Bequia might be a small island (7 square miles, population 5,000), but there is so much interesting history here. The trip to the museum was a fairly steep 2
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happy thanksgiving
We may not be in the US for Thanksgiving, but we are surrounded by lots of Americans where we are in the Caribbean. One of the local restaurants hosted a traditional Thanksgiving meal. We got it all (except for the family photo) - happy hour, turkey, ham, stuffing, gravy, mashed
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throwback thursday (november 23, 2022)
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firefly estate
Yesterday we got invited by our neighbors to go to an old sugar cane plantation. We got a tour of the old sugar mill property that started back in 1789. We tried a bunch of different fruits, sugar cane, coconut, almonds and learned how they used to press the sugar
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change of plans
When we bought our boat it had been sitting in a boatyard for 8 years. It needed a lot of work, including rebuilding both engines. As we were pulling into Bequia yesterday one of our engines overheated and is pretty much unusable. Our other engine has had issues for a
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bequia
New island for us today - Bequia - an island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. We visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines in May, but not any of the islands this far north. Our goal for this week is to island hop our way up to Martinique, so we
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heading north
Yesterday we said goodbye to the main island of Grenada, but first we had to wait for the cruise ship to come in. We have't quite left the country of Grenada yet. Our first stop on our journey north is Carriacou. We debated skipping it since we'
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throwback thursday (november 16, 2022)
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grenada adventures
Our time in Grenada is coming to an end. We've loved it here, but it is time to move on as soon as the weather cooperates and we get a few more things done. Yesterday we pulled up anchor and moved a little farther north, closer to town
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superstitions
I don't consider myself a very superstitious person. I don't worry about breaking mirrors or black cats or walking under ladders. But there are some things we just don't do because they are bad luck. A lot of people have asked about our boat
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