1 000 Day 1 - St. Lucia, Exploring the North
2 001 View of the Hyatt from Pigeon Island
3 002 Pigeon Island ruins
4 003 North side of the causeway leading to Pigeon Island
5 006 Shimmering sea
6 013 Boat heading south toward St. Vincent
7 016 Nice villa near the Northern cape
8 019 My artistic side...
9 021 Day 2 - St. Lucia, Exploring the West Coast
10 023 Marigot Bay, where we later would pick up the boats
11 026 Lava fields
12 029 Rain clouds over the Pitons
13 033 Hilton hotel scenically located between the Pitons
14 036 Colorful boats on the beach
15 037 Day 3 - Relaxing on a Rainy Day
16 039 Enticing... almost followed this example and gave up my job at SAP
17 043 Ruins near the airport in rainy weather
18 046 A huge cannonball, almost overgrown
19 049 Happy Caribbean colors competing with the drizzle
20 051 Days 4 and 5 - Beach
21 053 Bougainvillea
22 056 Some other plant, liked the color
23 059 Palm leaf
24 063 Looks almost like a painting
25 066 Break at the Hyatt
26 069 Last evening on my own - breakers at Rodney Bay
27 071 Day 6 - Meeting the Others and Sleeping on the Boat
28 073 The Moorings base - yachts ready to be chartered
29 076 Chart briefing
30 079 Alex explained everything - and everything was 'just wonderful, you will have so much fun'
31 083 This is the northern Part of our sailing area - St. Lucia. We started somewhere on the left in the middle
32 086 The middle part - St. Vincent and some islands South of it
33 089 The southern part including the Tobago Cays, our southernmost sailing area
34 093 First evening - tired after after a long flight
35 096 Restaurant decoration - everything is slow here... 'on island time'
36 097 Day 7 - St. Lucia Marigot Bay to Pitons
37 099 The shopping group returns
38 103 Ready to head out - one of our two boats, 'Keyif' with home port Duesseldorf (smile)
39 106 Bows cutting through the water
40 109 Favourite hangout spot - the trampoline
41 113 First sunset at the Pitons
42 115 A cruise ship gliding by in the night
43 119 First cocktail round
44 120 Day 8 - St. Lucia Pitons to St. Vincent Grand Byahaut
45 203 A rain squall approaching, and...
46 206 ... the helmsman gets a free shower
47 209 Doug and Tracy steering
48 211 The reefing chart we blissfully ignored
49 213 Passing St. Vincent
50 216 Playing
51 219 Local sailboats are slightly smaller
52 223 Our second night's stop, the cozy bay Grand Byahaut
53 226 Our dinghy secured to a palm tree... we went ashore for drinks
54 229 The extremely potent rum punch... it was destined to be a party night
55 233 Our boat, the sunset, and the skipper couple... pure romance
56 236 Sunset and another boat still heading south
57 239 Rum punches make women look slanted
58 243 Thoroughly grilled chicken
59 246 The party starts....
60 249 Mary and her Scuba goggle dance
61 253 Eternal friendship... or just plainly plastered
62 256 More dancing
63 259 Ecstasy
64 263 Ah... the halyard swing!
65 266 Happy to be home after the wild party night
66 267 Day 9 - Grand Byahaut to Bequia
67 269 Ready to kill at least 4 sharks on the dive tour
68 273 Parties with water jumps require money laundering operations the next day
69 276 First dive trip
70 279 Nice, breezy sail
71 283 Approaching Bequia... that wild photographer in the waves
72 286 Large, but tranquil Bequia harbour
73 289 The cute walkway from the pier to the customes house
74 293 Colors
75 296 Doing customs and immigration into 'St. Vincent and the Grenadines'
76 299 The nice-looking customs house
77 303 More colors
78 306 Henry and schoolgirls collecting money
79 309 Dinner ashore... Paul and his little lobster
80 310 Day 10 - Bequia to Tobago Cays
81 313 They bring water, ice, fuel... and even pick up and deliver laundry!
82 316 Under the hull, seen from the emergency hatch
83 319 Michelle preparin a lunch snack
84 323 At our anchoring spot at the Tobago Cays... flat green water up to the reef
85 326 Rain approaching
86 329 Boats getting washed
87 333 Paul getting wet from all sides
88 336 Happy hour appetizers
89 339 Competing with the happy house colors
90 443 Show me your burrito!
91 446 Evening entertainment - spoons
92 447 Day 11 - Daytrip to Palm Island
93 449 Catching the morning sun
94 453 Arriving on our day trip to Palm Island
95 456 Enjoying Palm Island
96 459 Amy exploring
97 463 As we later saw - we should not have taken the South Passage... too late!
98 466 Curry night
99 469 Michelle demonstrating her wild fingers
100 470 Day 12 - Tobago Cays to Mustique via Salt Whistle Bay
101 473 Lunch stop in Salt Whistle Bay - Paul and Mary playing...
102 476 Our two boats in Salt Whistle Bay
103 479 Sheer bliss!
104 481 Arriving at private island Mustique
105 483 Is it the house of Princess Margaret or Migg Jagger or...
106 485 And that would be their yachts
107 486 Henry in his element - boat fixing
108 489 Tracy preparing lunch
109 493 Happy Hour snacks
110 494 Day 13 - Mustique to Bequia
111 496 Oli made breakfast
112 499 Insanely green water in Mustique
113 503 A short ride to our next scuba spot
114 506 Another scuba party
115 509 Our lunch stop at Isle A Quatre, Lagoon Bay
116 513 Mary showing us her one-sided ear sunburn
117 516 And again - Party! Keith Richards on the right (and they got of course lost that night)
118 519 After some drinks ashore - first casualty Keith
119 520 Day 14 - Bequia to St. Vincent, Chateaubelair
120 523 Our beautiful next stop where we stayed 2 nights - St. Vincent, Chateaubelair
121 526 Our cats lined up
122 529 Lots of playing in the water
123 533 And a master jump by Paul
124 536 Ah, it looked so nice!
125 539 Sunset behind that little island
126 540 Day 15 - Hanging out at Chateaubelair
127 543 Dinghy captain Doug was always on duty
128 546 Ruth in full camouflage
129 549 The graces
130 553 And I asked them whether they could so something for the camera, eg Synchronized Swimming... and they could!
131 556 2nd night sunset
132 559 Pink drinks and pink skies
133 563 The night we all hung out on te trampoline and watched shooting stars
134 564 Day 16 - Chateaubelair to St. Lucia, Pitons
135 566 The next morning... maybe there is a god after all
136 569 Dinner up above between the Pitons
137 573 Our boats are down there on the left
138 576 Lots of wine!
139 577 Day 17 - Pitons to Marigot Bay and Hyatt
140 579 Wonderful what duct tape can be used for
141 583 Smooth ride withour much wind
142 586 The other boat was of course partying
143 589 Body reflection in the smooth water
144 593 She did our boat check-in ... cute!
145 596 At the Hyatt hotel - this time a sunset from ashore
146 597 Days 18-20 - Hyatt Hotel
147 599 Waking up in the hotel - the view from the room
148 603 Kids by the pool
149 606 My last evening (alone) - street party in...
150 609 Here all the fisherman sold grilled seafood (and 'bakes')
151 613 The popular party ('jump-up') at Gros Islet
152 616 In Gros Islet they grill chicken on the street
153 617 Day 21 - Last half day on St Lucia
154 619 Small boats and big boats at the Hyatt
155 623 Castries market
156 626 Fish vendor
157 629 Spices
158 633 Bury me here, please
159 636 A last view - Castries airport
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