April 17, 2025

ST. VINCENT and the GRENADINES - BEQUIA ISLAND

One of our fellow residents, has been living here off and on, and said spend one of the best things to do here is go over to the beach on BEQUIA ISLAND. So at breakfast I convince Scott we should take the Ferry over. We got off our ship at 10:28 and boogied through the crowded terminal to make the last morning Ferry at 10:30 AM! Gotta Love Island time!  Turns out 5 others from our SHIP, did the same thing. When we landed in BEQUIA,  45 minutes later, I had us organized that we all wanted to spend about an hour touring the island and then spend the balance of the day on a beach, until we took the 4:30 pm return ferry. A bunch of tour operators approached us as we exited the terminal, and I quickly negotiated a great rate for 7 of us to do a scenic overlook tour, for about two hours. We got to see the island from many vantage points. The driver entertained us with stories of Murder & Suspicion on the Island. We spent the afternoon on Princess Margaret Beach, lounging, swimming and relaxing in the sunshine.

By Pat Patrick April 7, 2026
Monday April 6th is another travel day for us on our destination to remote Raja Ampat . We started the day at 5am to make our 7am flight from Denpasar, Bali to Sultan Hasanuddin Airport in South Sulawesi for our brief layover to connect with our flight onto Sorong, Indonesia.
By Pat Patrick April 6, 2026
Easter turned out to be a travel day for Bosco and I as we were extremely limited in when we could be seen by the Australian Border Control to disembark from the Ship, for a scuba diving adventure in Raja Ampat that I have had reserved, for over 18 months! We flew from Perth to Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Easter afternoon.
By Pat Patrick April 6, 2026
I have been really excited to get to Fremantle / Perth for my first time. I have had a few friends live here over the years and I have a second cousin, James Murphy, who I have only ever spoken too briefly, over the last 35 years and that I would love to meet in person. Jim is the older brother of Paul who I met up with in Melbourne a few weeks ago.