MsChievous

Eating out is always an adventure in a foreign land. Saturday, Susie found a Mexican restaurant in the marina that had gorgeous online photos of their delectable entrees. Nothing that we couldn’t get at home, but we hadn’t eaten Mexican in a while ( except for Susie's great tacos). When we sat [...]

19 April 2024 | Le Marin, Martinique

Reflections

Our ensign (national flag) has taken a beating this year. They usually last a couple of seasons, but the higher winds we’ve encountered this year have taken their toll, much more so than on other national flags we've seen. That’s probably because other countries’ are usually a single piece of printed [...]

12 April 2024 | Portsmouth, Dominica

All aboard - and hang on!

Susie solved a problem that had been perplexing us since we got to the Caribbean: if we were to swim off the dinghy, how would we get back in?? (The tubes are big, and the freeboard is over a foot.) We considered a variety of steps/stairs, but nothing fit. A common problem was your legs disappearing [...]

10 April 2024 | Anse Joli, Ile de Saintes, Guadeloupe

On the seas again! (Sorry, Willie)

We had a great two weeks home for Summit's 7th (!!) birthday, seeing family and friends and enduring two dumpings, the second of which caused us to scramble and change our return flights - but we made it back to Antigua . There were, of course, lots of boat projects in our bags, but I wasn't expecting [...]

20 March 2024 | Jolly Harbour, Antigua

Italian tonight!

Last night in the islands before we head home for a few days. Susie does great Italian dinners, but we're eating out tonight. (Last night, too - great Mexican wraps aka burritos and margaritas that took us down for the count!) Finished up our pre-departure projects today and had a refreshing dip in the [...]

Traveling by car in Trinidad

12 January 2023 | Guayaguayare, Trinidad

James AuBuchon | Sunny, 85F

Instructions for passing a vehicle in Trinidad:

1. Resolve that you really, REALLY need to do this.
2. Tell your passenger: Hang on!
3. Assure there is sufficient sight distance without oncoming traffic.
4. Make sure no one is about to pass YOU!
5. Check to see if a no-passing zone is coming up. (I have only seen three so far in the entire country, so - you're on your own.)
6. Check to ensure that the passing (right - !!) lane is free of potholes, wash-outs, ski-jumps (a collapse), moguls and other impediments.
7. Check to ensure that your lane is also free of such encumbrances so the vehicle you are trying to pass does not suddenly swerve into you.
8. Make sure there there are no pedestrians or dogs in the road and there are no parked cars or trucks blocking either lane. (There is no such thing as a no parking zone in Trinidad.)
9. Sounds your horn.
10. Turn on your (right) turn signal and move to the other lane, ready to floor it.
11. Realize that you now have too little space to pass the other vehicle and move back behind him.
12. See Step #1.

We tried to tour a nature preserve today only to find that the area is now blockaded by oil drilling. We went anther route only to be told that the beach we were headed for (on which Columbus landed) wasn't worth the trip. We did find a small garden shop where Susie got soil to plant her lettuce in the hanging burlap planters Khara made for us and a nice restaurant where I had some great shark.

Off to the pool!

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