THE
TRIP:
Day trips to the Grenadines are readily available from Barbados, so we decided to spend
our "Millenium" anniversary by visiting this chain of islands. We left
Barbados at 8:00 in the morning aboard an 8-seater prop plane. The journey took
about one hour to complete, and we touched down on Union Island, and disembarked to the
smallest airport we have ever seen!
GENERAL
INFO:
St. Vincent and the Grenadines are a 60-mile chain of islands, situated due west of
Barbados. St. Vincent is by far the largest island, but it is the remaining 30+
islands that offer some of the most alluring yachting and island-hopping destinations in
the world. The beaches and the sea are the "typical" Caribbean throughout
the chain - these are definitely the vistas that travel brochures are made of!
THE
SITES:
Upon our arrival at Union Island, our party of seven
people was transported to a harbor area where we boarded a 46-ft. catamaran for a day of
sailing. The seas were quite choppy, but luckily I had taken a motion sickness
tablet. After sailing for about an hour, we anchored off the island of Mayreau. Mark and I swam from the boat to shore, and
walked along the beach at Saltwhistle Bay.
From there, we sailed southeast to the Tobago Cays,
a group of four miniature uninhabited islands, and again swam to shore. We walked to
the other side of the Island (the Island is only about 100 yards across!), to some great
snorkeling. We really enjoyed this part of the trip. Our final stop was Palm Island, a privately leased island, with an
American-style resort. Back at Union Island once more, we boarded our plane for the
return journey to Barbados, having enjoyed a fabulous anniversary day!
THE
PICTURES