I finally finished editing my photos from our sailing vacation down to about 500 pics to share...I brought my new DSLR as well as my old P&S and pretty much alternated using them...If I thought there was a chance of getting wet I brought the older camera. I did spend a lot of time practicing with the new camera...and even read the manual.
I am in love with the Caribbean...the islands, the sea, the weather... This is the third time Mr O and I traveled with a group of friends to charter a sailboat for a week of cruising the islands...but the first time we visited St Martin, St Barts, St Kitts, and Nevis...I find it interesting how similar yet how different each of the islands is.
We picked up the provisioned catamaran on the French side of St Martin but arrived too late to see much more than the road from the airport to Oyster Pond and the restaurants at the dock...
The next morning we left early
and sailed to St Barts...
where we moored at one of my favorite spots ...Anse du Grand Colombier...a rather secluded bay with a sandy beach...
... took our first dip and grilled steaks on the boat.
The next day we swam to the beach, hiked up the rocky, cactus filled hills...
...and swam in this great, warm, very salty water...
...back to our boat...
...and that was all before lunch.
15 comments:
these really give a feel for what the place would have been like. the blooming cactus looks very interesting.
Gail, as I write this I'm sitting on the deck looking out over the Carribean sea at Bocas del Toro (Panama)so I can truly relate to these photo's. Sailing with friends sounds like such a great holiday! My husband sails too and although we used to have a 27 ft sailboat we sold it several years ago.
I'm so glad you had such a wonderful opportunity to rest and soak in the healing sun. I can see by the pictures that you had a great time!
Wow! That looks absolutely amazing! What beautiful photos. Can't wait to see more!
Did you really take over 2300 pictures????
It all looks so beautiful, I can understand if you did!.
Oh well now. These photographs are a soothing balm for me as I sit inside on a freezing cold night! They remind me that it is indeed warm somewhere!
What a fabulous holiday this must have been!
I feel warmer just looking at these pictures. The colors are amazing.
The water looks so warm, blue and luminous. What a wonderful way to vacation with friends. You must have seen some fabulous sunsets!
aaahhhh...bliss! I feel like I've been on vacation too just looking at these photos--sun, wather... such delight! :o)
That blue is just amazing! I want that blue...sky, water, it doesn't matter...just something besides GRAY!!
Cactus! Who'da thunk it? I never knew.
Can't wait to see more! Living vicariously here! :)
These photos are lovely! Thank you for sharing your adventure. I'm looking out at a bright sunny day but it is cold and there's lots of snow right outside my door!
wow...drool....wow.....throwing snow balls at you just because....drooling some more....wow !!!
Never thought of the cactus as being native to the Caribbean. Wow.
Thanks for sharing--I feel the warmth. Yumm.
such fun for you to include the maps . your phots are so natural and varied...I like that !
the different blues in the water are beautiful ...
Tremendous! That water. For some reason I never imagined cacti in a setting like this - just fabulous.
Steaks on deck. Geez.
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