Kye visits Dad with Claire
05 August 2009 | Grenada
Well, after nearly getting detained at the airport for not knowing the name and location of "Daddy's yacht" (i.e. the address at which they were staying) Kye and Claire were finally released to us by Customs and Immigration and we all jumped in Spice's taxi with Chris and Dave who had returned on the same flight and headed to St David's.
We spent the first few days "chillaxing", with evenings at the Bel Air Plantation where Janus, Gylfi and Fred kept us entertained; we swam up the (Orinoco?) river (well, 2 rivers as it happened...), hunted for seabeans (Kye became almost as addicted to this as us!) and generally had a good time.
A short, fairly lumpy but easy sail brought us back down to Woburn where we based ourselves for the rest of their holiday. Kye and Claire went off on one of Cutty's island tours and were lucky enough to meet the Mona monkeys up in the rainforest on the trip.
We did quite a few other things though - went into St George's for the day; did Burger Night at Clarks Court Bay Marina; had a trip to a beach resort where there was bbq, music and snorkelling; celebrated Colin's (our new friends on Solar Quest, Colin/Ricky) birthday playing Wi bowling and pool; went out snorkelling on Pano's boat followed by a few hours on Hog Island; went to Fish Fryday at Guauve where we saw a 40-strong steel band; joined in the Woburn Sunday night carnival build-up celebrations, and on their last evening had dinner in the Little Dipper where we were joined by Chris and Dave.
So, all in all, a fairly busy schedule but Kye and Claire both managed to catch a few rays as well so that they could go home with a bit more colour than they had when they arrived.
Although they are the youngest visitors we've had, they must have been the most restrained drinkers onboard yet! The fortnight went extremely quickly and before we knew it they were off again. Dave has loved spending time with one of his Sons out here and they have both got great memories of this time spent together.