Mar. 4, 2009 - Where have all the peeps gone???

So since the last entry we got really lazy and spent several days in several places doing absolutely nothing (including taking any photos) and then Matt and Penny arrived.  We were initially in Jolly Harbour and then quickly headed over to Montserrat as I’ve always wanted to see the volcano and the damage it caused in 96.  As the photo shows its not as inhabited as some other islands! As big as Guadeloupe with only 4800 inhabitants. We had a great sail over in great weather and well off the wind, even caught the obligatory ‘just the right size for supper’ Yellow Fin Tuna. Just a shame that Penny quickly became a fetching shade of green and lost all her conversational skills.  That night the weather blew up and we rolled a lot at anchor and consequently could not face another night in the same place.  Decision was taken to head up to St Kitts a day early, luckily I rang ahead and booked us in to the local marina as when we arrived there was a horrid swell running and by hiding inside we had a great night and managed to catch up on some sleep.  Several other boats were turned away as the place was full so we were fairly lucky. 

 Strangely Penny then lost her shade of green and turned in to ‘lobster girl’ as the photo shows, must be something to do with the sun around here.  Must tell her that hiding behind a large beer is not the best way to avoid sunburn.

We’re hiring a car tomorrow for a looksee, then diving on Friday before heading back to Antigua on Saturday as the weather is unusually forecast to blow from the North which is great for the trip.  Tuff  life.