Beachcomber Days on St. Vincent
Saturday, February 25th, 2006We are back on St.Vincent and Carsten showed us his school campus. Everything looks very nice and the view from here to Bequia is breathtaking. I hope he finds time to study here!
We spent 2 more lazy days at the “Beachcomber Hotel” and the torrential tropical downpours made the garden in front of our cottage look like a rain forest.
We take the small ferry across Young Island Cut and spent the afternoon on this private resort island. Hanging out in the hammocks at the beach is a tough job!
On our last day I went snorkeling right off our hotel’s beach. I was surprised about all the creatures I discovered : a very big porcupine fish, a group of surgeon fish, needle fish, a peacock flounder, trigger fish as well as nice yellow tube sponges and a few healthy brain coral. Even the planks of a ship wreck.
The highlight was a large octopus, sitting on the sandy bottom, waiting for food to swim by.
I dove down to this guy, who blew himself up, but did not take off. I watched him for a while, but I took off when a group of translucent “4-eyed” jellyfish came floating around the corner of the reef.
