We arrived here at the beautiful Pitons at Soufriere in south west St Lucia on Easter Monday after a overly long (15 hrs when we hoped only 8!) and tedious motor sail from Bequia against head winds and strong currents. The current was so strong at one stage we were going backwards at the rate of 1 knot when on 1500rpm! We changed course and travelled north along the leeward side of St Vincent instead of the windward side...
The Pitons are 2 steep volcanic cones, so unique they´ve been declared a world heritage site and we are on a mooring nestled between the two! The scenary from our cockpit is breathtaking! Its also a Marine Reserve here so snorkelling is good - lots of different fish.
Axel´s sister, brother-in-law and 3 kids arrived on Tuesday and have been staying in the Jalouise Plantation Resort which is on the shore about 100 meters from us! Very convenient, its great to see everyone and we´ve been having lots of fun and games. As of yet, none of the family have ventured to sleep overnight on Freefall but its been breakfast onboard for all every morning. Tonight Axel & I did BBQ´ed Mahi Mahi dinner on Freefall (unfortunately not caught by us - we had to go to the market to get this one!).
Hope to climb a Piton tomorrow...
Em xx
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