Sunset from Young Island
From St Vincent’s to Bequia Island
Building boats in Bequia
Oldhegg Turtle Sanctuary, Bequia Island
@IsabellesTravel at the Bequia Beachfront Hotel
St Vincent & The Grenadines
This week, I’ve been dipping my toes in the Caribbean waters of the Grenadines. St Vincent and the Grenadines to give it its full title – and since St Vincent’s is the main island it seems almost disrespectful not to.
To locals, however, St Vincent’s is Vincy and the whole speckled island flock goes by the name of SVG.
It’s an interesting flock, full of clean beaches, palm trees and pineapple-spiced jerk but it also has plenty of character beyond the brochure. Black volcanic sand, a volcano to climb that leads up into the clouds, a turtle sanctuary, a thing called breadfruit and much more besides.
I’d tell you more about it, but unfortunately I’ve just had my first ever bout of seasickness and my hands are still trembling over the keyboard. So please excuse the runty travel sick writer with a note from matron and sit back and enjoy the photos. I’m off to look at a horizon and to get some fresh air and I hope to be back with you shortly.
Enjoy!
Disclosure: I am dipping my toes in St Vincent’s and the Grenadines thanks to DiscoverSVG. All words, pictures, opinions and seasickness are most definitely my own.
You can follow along as I travel on Twitter using the hashtag #svglab
Stunning first shot – taking photos directly into the sun CAN work!
Hehe. What can I say? I like to break the rules…
Such beautiful views can make anyone dizzy. Hope you’ll get round to writing about the breadfruit and the turtle sanctuary some other time.
Alas, things progressed much further than the dizzy stage… :( But yes, breadfruit and turtles are on their way!
The turtle phot is my favourite but they are all fabulous!
Thank you! I think I prefer the second one – because I know it meant that the boat trip was soon coming to an end!
I love the sunset and the turtle. Again, I don’t know much about the Grenadines but this seems like a fascinating place.
Lots of different things going on, that’s for sure.
I’ve been to several of the Caribbean islands (though never the Grenadines) and continue to be surprised by how different they are from each other. I adore the photo of the turtle.
Yes, it’s a little like travelling through Europe in that regard. So many similarities yet so very many differences.
looks fantastic! You’ve captured it well
Thank you!