Carriacou & Tobago Cays Day 2

This day was interesting to say the LEAST.
The Tobago Cays is by far the most beautiful place I have ever seen with my own eyes.
read about the first time I went here. 

I wanted to go back with Lee so badly so he could see it and we could experience swimming with sea turtles together! 

Well... the trip to the Cays was definitely an experience.  We thought we were doing the right thing and went to the ministry of tourism in Carriacou and asked about a boat to the Cays and they acted like it was a great operation. drinks, lunch, a nice boat...
no.
Clarence arrived to pick us up, an hour late, in a tiny work boat.  Which was ok.... we wanted to go so badly and it wasn't far.
Once we got into open water it was a different story!! The motor got wet and wasn't working properly and we were going so sloooooow over pretty big waves and getting splashed the entire time.   I couldn't open my eyes because the salt was burning them so badly.  esh. it was nuts.

We finally arrived near Union Island and stopped at the Happy Island BBQ so Clarence could mess with the motor. 
I was so HAPPY to be out of that boat!

Onward towards the island with the turtles!! My only wish of the day!

It was beyond incredible.  We were only in the water for about 5 minutes before we saw a turtle and then we kept seeing them!! We saw about 5 at once!  They are so graceful and pretty moving through the water.

We stayed on this island for a while and then went to Jamesby Island where we had our own private beach and saw some more iguanas.  And the most gorgeous view probably in the entire Caribbean.

Lee and I with the boat we  took across the ocean!

We then went to Palm Island, an island with what seemed to me to be only a resort.  Our driver said it was $700 a night to stay there. craziness. but beautiful!

The next stop was supposed to be back to Happy Island BBQ for dinner, but when we stopped they said they didn't have any food! seriously! haha

So to Union we went in search of some food and found hamburgers and fries for $12EC! an amazing deal.
We headed back to Carriacou in the sunset for another incredibly scary journey across the sea.
This time Clarence not only stopped the boat in the middle of open ocean (which Lee said was bad bad bad) to take the motor APART he also asked me to drive the boat while he filled the tank with gas. 
ugh. have you ever driven a boat? its not that easy. the motor is HEAVY.
I wasn't happy.

I told Lee I was going to kiss the ground when we got back to Carriacou! haha.

All in all..... it was worth it because the Cays are that amazing, but I would never get into this boat ever again.
Luckily because it was such a crappy boat we paid less! yes!

Petit St. Vincent

Petit (yea no e on the end) St. Vincent is a tiny island with nothing on it but a resort.
They call it PSV.  http://www.psvresort.com
It is beautiful, and ridiculously expensive.
We were allowed onto the island because the agent told them that they would allow them to have some of the pictures from the photo shoot for their own advertising.

once we left PSV we went to a tiny little sand patch in the middle of the sea.

doesn't this look like a dream??

ugh!  I want to go back with Lee so badly!!!!

Petit Tabac

after leaving Jamesby Island we stopped by Baradal Island to see the sea turtles!!
It was so cool seeing some many interesting creatures swimming around, I only wish I could have got out of the boat and went swimming with them!  but I was "working"

Petit Tabac is a small, flat, island with nothing on it but a few palm trees and scrubby bushes.
The far end is all sand and gradually goes to a point before going meeting the water on both sides.
** It was just brought to my attention that this is the deserted island that Johnny Depp is marooned on in the Pirates of the Caribbean!!  I had heard that they filmed around there, but I forgot to look it up when I got home. so cool!! article about it

Here I had to walk back and forth pretending to be listening to an ipod.
and then it rained off in the distance and so we sat around and talked, and drank coke out of glass bottles, and peed in the bushes... then the sun came out & it was back to work!

♥ Tobago Cays!!

I love love love love loved the Tobago Cays.
by far one of the most beautiful, beach destinations I have ever been.

Don't get me wrong, Grenada is fabulous, but whoa it's incredible there.
another trip to St. Vincent? YES PLEASE!!

I'm in the process of figuring out how to get Lee and I up there this summer.  I want to share it with him so badly!

Once we landed on Union Island we were wisked away on a jetty to the Tobago Cays.
First stop was Jamesby Island.
a small rock basically sticking up in the ocean with one of the most pristine white sand beaches and lovely palm trees... and lots of HUGE iguanas!

 coming around Jamesby 

 fresh barracuda delivered to us on the beach :) 

 clearest water you can imagine.

ancient ruins? or a bored sailor?

next we headed to that tiny island off in the distance.  Petit Tabac.

to be continued...