Too many islands in one day
We love visiting new islands. We just don’t prefer to do them by airplane, or rack up 5 of them in one day. That is what we did on Sunday though as we flew from St. Thomas to Barbados on Liat airline.
We knew we were in for a long day when we had an almost 2 hour delay in St. Croix, the first stop in our multi-leg journey. Rebecca and I were very chilled out while waiting but the other passengers were near ready to riot there. Crazy! Yes, they sent in an armed guard and in this case, I approved.
Once the plane was cleared for takeoff, we flew on to Anguilla, the island just north of St. Martin. After a short stop there we continued on to Antigua. We had to change planes in Antigua and after our big delay, we were surprised to find it still on the ground.
From Antigua we flew to St. Lucia and as you can imagine, we arrived there a good amount late. Amazingly enough the third airplane we had to take was also waiting for us.
The third time is the charm they say or in this case, the third plane was the charm as it actually got us to our intended destination, Barbados. Surprisingly to us, the driver who we were told would pick us up at the airport was actually waiting for us. Apparently they had been tracking our flights and knew that we had just arrived. Our friendly driver Edwin whisked us away to the Sweet Cane Guest House where we had booked accommodations, but not before allowing us to stop and pick up a pizza at Chefette, a local fast-food franchise. Neither Rebecca nor I had eaten since the morning and were fading fast.
Well, we could have sailed here, right?
If you have time …
Beaches to visit: Foul Bay, Harrismith Bay, Bottom Bay. Crane Beach if you are into celeb spotting but if you go there walk to the opposite end away from the Crane Beach Resort. Interesting cave at the end.
Oisins Fish fry on Friday night
St Lawrence Gap
Burts Bar if you want a taste of Ottawa.
Hi Greg
Unfortunately we did not have time. Maybe during our next visit!
Remember…”no plane on Monday!” Great story!
http://www.buffettworld.com/no-plane-on-sunday/
Still no hint about why the trip to Barbados? Or did I just miss it?
You just needed to be patient. All was revealed.
No broasted chicken from Chefette in Barbados?
Guys don’t know what you’re missing! :o)
I think we ate at Chefette 3 times in 3 days.
Glad you made all your connecting flights. We are anchored here in the USVI waiting on Solar panels and a watermaker. We got lost on the first day searching for the dinghy dock and instead found One Love. She is looking good.
Wylie&Maggie
S/V HARMONY
Wylie, Maggie I met you in Nanny Cay recently while our boat was surveyed. Would love to hear how your solar system worked out, we’re considering the same thing.
Hi Pete,
We have just ordered the panels. Maggie has a blog that’s a work in progress at Harmonyandus@wordpress.com. If you send us your contact information I will let you know how everything worked out when we have the panels installed.
Where are you anchored? In Long Bay?
Hi Mike,
Yes in Long Bay. We saw the boat parade last night. If we knew hou guys were still in the are a we would try and radio and say hello and posibly meet you and Rebecca. We monitor ch 16.
Wylie&Maggie
S/V HARMONY
I think we’re going to move back to Long Bay tomorrow or more likely Monday morning. If you get bored and want to come for a tour out to Honeymoon Beach tomorrow, call us on 16. 🙂
Thanks for the invite. We will.be in Long Bay several more days waiting on parts. If we cant get in touch and dinghy out tomorrow we will look for you over here.
Cool!