We just had 3 weeks in the BVI's, the most scenic islands and anchorages we have been to in the Caribbean... crystal clear water, teeming with fish of all shapes and sizes, easy sailing and very relaxing! The school holidays helped, no need for a wifi connection and to drive the pupils to "get on with it". The BVI's were the turning point in more ways than one... We now feel much more in control and settled as a family and the steep live aboard learning curve is starting to plateau. Believe it or not, the boys became book worms overnight thanks to the author Rick Riordan. How good is that!! The whole intensity of a family of five living in a confined space has reduced ten fold. In fact, given the choice of swimming with turtles or going ashore for a walk, the boys will opt to stay onboard and read! We now have more time for ourselves (and Kara) and the boat is much quieter. The challenge we face is to keep a good diet of Percy Jackson loaded on the Kindle's. Don't know what we will do when they finish the second series? Other than reading, Travis is obsessed with fishing, Beau loves dinghy sailing (with the new Optimist we bought), and Kara enjoys helping Sonia out with cooking and making things. We now head slowly south again to Grenada where we will be stationed for the hurricane season...
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| Having fun with friends at Virgin Gourda |
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| Crystal clear water - we discovered more vegetation on our hull after the St Martin lagoon |
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| SUP's at one of the pristine anchorages |
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| Book Fever kicks in - a serious pastime! |
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| Gorgeous sunset... |
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| Kara enjoyed swinging over the side at Jost Van Dyke |
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| Travis taking photos from the masthead - 20m up in the air |
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| Sonia's book-end rock |
Hi guys, looks like you had a fabulous time in BVI's, sorry I missed you on your way passed, was in Anguilla organising me french visa! Anyway, just a few lines to say enjoy your sail south and have lots of fun in Grenada, also, thanks a mil for playing postman! XXX the Xicale's including Jazz
ReplyDeletehello beau how are you doing looks like your having fun ;p
ReplyDeleteG'day to you all. Sorry I haven't written before. It's lovely to follow your adventure from here (just a bit north of Sydney). We are moving into winter now - Dewi's first full winter - and the weather has been mostly clear and cool. I guess where you are is nice and warm and tropical.
ReplyDeleteWe have settled on the Central Coast and have bought a little Villa about 300 metres from a big shopping centre. The Freeway to Sydney and Newcastle is about 1.5 km away and the train in both directions is not far away either. My work is with the Aged Services Emergency Team and we work to try and avoid hospital admissions for people in Residential Aged Care Facilities by problem solving with facility staff. Dewi has been doing an English course and will start a Business Certificate III course in the second semester.
We have a cat called Paka and a Dog called Oliver. They are both animals that we rescued from the pound. They have made our little house much more of a home.
I hope you are all well and enjoying your life at sea.
Cheers
Peter & Dewi