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The main cargo deck of the M/V
Snapper. Including frozen food (in 90° heat), rock
salt (still used by the locals to preserve meat),
building materials, livestock, and a leaking 55 gallon
drum of gasoline among a multitude of other things. |
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The view leaving Kingstown Harbor, St.
Vincent. The metal object at the bottom of the picture is
a fold down ramp to facilitate loading and unloading. |
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Admiralty Bay, Bequia. We arrived at
around 2:00 PM, by this time we were really hungry. The M/V
Snapper does not stop for very long at Bequia,
because other boats serve the island. We were fortunate
enough to meet a guy from Union Island on his way home
from UNLV who took me on a mad dash to roti stand for
food. We barely made it back. I am very grateful to him. |
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The south side of Bequia (Friendship
Bay) on the left. The island in the center is Petit
Nevis, the island on the right is Isle a Quatre. Both are
uninhabited. |
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Approaching Canouan. The M/V
Snapper must have started life as a car ferry in
Scandinavia, the signage was in a Scandinavian language.
She seems to have been designed for sheltered water,
because she rolled a lot in the not too rough open water. |
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Entering the Harbor of Charlestown,
Canouan. |
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Mayreau (left) and Union Island
(right) from the M/V Snapper. |
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Paradise on Earth. Salt Whistle Bay,
Mayreau. We were "marooned" here at the Salt Whistle Bay Club
for a few hours after our snorkel trip while the
divemaster, Glenroy, took a client diving (such a
hardship!). The beach and snorkeling are fantastic (I saw
lobster in waist deep water). The island is only 10 yards
wide in the center of the picture. |
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The M/V Snapper calls at
Saline Bay, Mayreau. Cruise ships anchor here a disgorge
hundreds of people here every so often. The beach was
large and beautiful. We didn't dock here, so people
expecting cargo came out on boats and the cargo was
transferred. |
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Journey's end. Clifton Harbor on Union
Island. We landed only a few minutes before dark. And
dark in these parts is DARK. |
