There were many flowers like this on Canouan. I thought they looked unique, as I haven’t seen them before.

We took a walk on Canouan to see a little bit of life outside of the Sandy Lane Yacht Club. Canouan is an interesting island in that it is divided into three section. The northern part of the island is gated and hosts Canouan Resort Development, which includes a Mandarin Oriental 5-star hotel and golf course. The center of the island is town and is open to everyone. And, the southern part of the island is where we stayed, at the Sandy Lane Yacht club (also gated). Here are some pictures I took on our walk.

After the Tobago Cays, we motored north to the next island, Canouan. (We are still not sure how to pronounce the name of this beautiful island.) We were excited to hook up to power and water, as we hadn’t tied up in a marina since Christmas. The Sandy Lane Yacht Club is probably the nicest marina that we have visited to date. The marina itself seemed relatively new and welcomed super yachts as well as smaller ones. It was huge, as you can see in one of the pictures. It had three different restaurants onsite, a grocery store, and other typical yacht marina amenities such as laundry and garbage services.

Bequia has a nice walkway along the bay. It is easy to tie up our dingy and walk along the water’s edge. I partuculary like this photo because of all the different angles.

One of our favorite pastimes is to look at the different boats that are near us at anchor. At the Tobago Cages we saw a couple of unique vessels.

As you can imagine, fishing is an integral part of life of these Caribbean islands. We often see two boats in the water, with a net between them, as they fish. Snorkelers will jump in the water and act as fish spotters for the next positioning.

We walked from Saline Bay to Salt Whistle Bay on Mayreau. Salt Whistle Bay is a favorite anchorage of many cruisers. It is beautiful, but on the smaller side.

Admiralty Bay on Bequia has a floating bar. Some friends invited us to join them for drinks this evening.

Steve and I really enjoyed the time we spent on the sleepy island of Mayreau. With only 250 inhabitants, it is easy to relax.

We anchored in Saline Bay, which has calm waters and a beautiful beach. The town itself sits on top of a steep hill and enjoys views of its own bays as well as other islands. Everyone we met made us feel welcome.

On one of our last nights in Carriacou (owned by Grenada) I snapped this picture from our boat , which is anchored in Tyrrell Bay. This is a multi-faceted bay where private yachts anchor as well as tug boats. The bay is protected with land on three sides and many fish swim beneath the water’s surface. We have stayed in this bay on several different occasions because it is a relatively calm anchorage that is convenient to local stores.