It had been quite rolly when we arrived yesterday and we had been nervous about getting a comfortable night’s sleep. We needn’t have worried the wind died right down and it was as calm as anything, we had a very comfortable night. So we decided to stay another night and explore the snorkelling on either side of the bay. As we had seen so many day boats arrive with boatloads of snorkelers we decided we should go and see the spots before they got busy. We went and had a very good long snorkel before breakfast, impressive for us! The visibility was fantastic and the water calm, the conditions I love for snorkelling. There was a lot of coral with huge big vase sponges which are always intriguing, seeing what little fish are living in them. The top spot was the amount of coral that had purple fish eggs on it, which was being fiercely guarded by the males, Rowan assures me. There was quite a lot of fish life but nothing like we had in the Tobago Cays. We still haven’t seen a turtle since arriving in St Lucia, which is such a contrast from the endless spotting of them in the Grenadines.
Mid afternoon we went and had another snorkel in the same brilliant conditions. The best spot was the most amazingly well camouflaged flat fish.
There were lots of locals out on kayaks trying to sell goodies to the tourists when we arrived yesterday. The resort has one end of the beach and the rest of the beach is open to everyone, with no road to the beach it is a 20 minute walk up to the main road. Jimmy got to us first, he had a slight stutter but was very engaging selling his jewellery. While I was buying yet more pieces (we feel so sorry for them in these lean times) another guy arrived on his Kayak trying to engage Rowan. Poor Jimmy was beside himself, he said the other guy was being a bully as they know they all take it in turn, one at a time. He finally was whispering telling me what a bad man the other guy was. Jimmy had dropped his oar in the water and it was floating away, the other guy had paddled right by it and wasn’t going to help Jimmy by getting it for him. My terrible Afrikaans came in use as I explained the situation to Rowan who immediately dived in and got the oar for Jimmy. The other guy was so affronted and demanded to know what language we were speaking…..Rowan offered him a $100 if he could guess. After endless attempts he paddled off in a huff much to Jimmy’s delight! We were the only boat in the bay last night, so we took the precaution of locking the doors and locking JeldiJeldi onto PolePole. This afternoon two yachts arrived, one very distinctive Catamaran that we had seen all over the Grenadines. It was reassuring not being the only yacht in the bay for the night.
Some of the produce from Gregory
The well disguised flat fish
The purple fish eggs being protected by the men!
The pink skies arrive after the sun sets, the reflections turn the sea pink too, quite stunning.
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