Delightful Saba
04 March 2018 | Wells Bay, Saba
Saba is tricky to visit as there are no harbors and no safe anchorages in anything but calm conditions. We have passed it a number of times without an opportunity to stop so we were thrilled that conditions allowed us to go there. If it had a safe place for Leela I suspect that we would have spent the rest of the season there. It is truly a delight.
There is a permanent population of about 1,400 people in a couple of pristine and cute villages nestled into the side of the volcano (which apparently featured in the opening credits of the original King Kong). There are few tourists with no beaches or beach bars, just hiking and scuba diving. We did not manage to get our act together to go diving but the hiking was fabulous. I have posted some pics in this season's album.
The people are equally delightful and had the same sense of community and helpful resilience we found in Newfoundland. You could easily spend a month there just being - no need to do anything. Definitely worth thinking about for a 'get away from it all' vacation.
Anyway, a big swell was forecast, coming down from the superstorm in the north so we have bolted back to Sint Maarten to get good shelter and decide what to do next. That is a topic for another post.