More from Bequia

Last time we left you I was celebrating my birthday having just arrived in Bequia. Now we have been here for a few more days let us show you around a bit more of this beautiful Island. Definitely our favourite of the Caribbean islands we have visited (so far!)

Admiral Bay is a gorgeous setting. Steep sided hills around 3 sides and a great view of the sunset from the back of the boat every evening. We decided to the explore some of the Island with a couple of walks. We even tried to get up early to avoid the heat of the day! Not sure we succeeded though, as we move towards summer it is definitely starting to get alot hotter here. Infact as far as the Bequians are concerned, this is almost the end of the season for them, as they wind everything down and shut up at the end of May, and then take the summer off.

The first walk we did was to explore the large hill to the South of Admiralty Bay called Peggy’s Rock

The first part was a nice easy stroll down the road to friendship bay with great views to the south of the island

Then we found the little track that started the climb up to Peggy’s Rock. Things got somewhat tougher! It was hot and the track was steep and rocky. It was quite a slog to get to the top.

However, it was well worth the effort. The view from the top looking in all directions was spectacular. We spent a good 30 minutes catching our breath and cooling down.

Arguably it was even harder getting down! The path made its way down a treacherous old river bed at an alarming angle which involved a good deal of navigation on our behinds. Finally we hit a concrete road that dropped us to Lower Beach and the chance to cool off in the crystal clear waters! Also, a great lunch stop at “Da Reef” bar for a well earned burger.

We pretty much collapsed on our return to the boat and needed about 2 days to recover!

The sunsets here are really spectacular. Here is a flavour. We get this every night as entertainment as we sit and eat dinner on the back deck.

We decided to risk another walk, this time towards the North end of the Island, a loop that would take us on to the top of the hill and out to Spring Bay hopefully for another swim at, this time on one of the windward beaches that faces the power of the Atlantic.

The start of the walk was a long climb out of Port Elizabeth up past some very fancy houses. Bequia has another side to it, playground of the rich. We were rewarded with some nice views on the way up and at the top. Here we are looking out over the west coast of Bequia and North towards St Vincent.

After reaching the top, the path followed the road steeply down towards Spring Bay beach, past some seriously nice millionaires villas.

Finally we arrived at Spring Bay and were definitely ready for a swim, but we were sadly disappointed, the beach which should have been fantastic was piled high with rotting Sargasso weed. This has been very prevalent in the Caribbean this year, and piles up on the windward beaches. The smell I’m informed was pretty bad. I guess losing my sense of smell over a year ago was an advantage today

We headed back along the road, and finally dropped back in to Port Elizabeth for a well earned lunch at Maria’s café which is on the sea front looking out over Admiral Bay

We’ve had a couple of nights out at a lovely restaurant on the bay with its own dinghy dock called the Fig Tree. The staff there are incredibly friendly. Infact, everyone in Bequia is incredibly friendly, no hassle and really genuine. They really welcome yachties here. If you get the chance, a very cool place to go on holiday too.

Join us next time as we sail south again and go and explore some more of the Grenadine Islands.