TOBAGO CAYS TO UNION ISLAND, 31st Jan

After Tobago Cays the next stop was Union Island where boats check our of the Saint Vincent part of the Windward Islands prior to checking into the Grenada Islands.

We motored cautiously over the reefs of the Cays and sailed for a short while to arrive in Clifton Harbour on the East side of Union Island. Not much anchorage space on the South side of the central reef but we managed to find a spot in ten meters facing the shoreline.

We hadn't treated ourselves to the lobster barbecue in the Cays so we went out for 'happy hour' in the Anchorage Yacht Club which was very friendly, then for dinner at the Bourgainvillia restaurant, which was "okay" but not great.

The prices here in the islands are staggering. For example the barbecued lobster in the Cays costs 120 EC dollars, simple dinner in Bequia was 90 EC dollars. Simple meal in Union 60 EC dollars. All products grow here like weeds. The ground is fertile, the sea is full of fish, yet the locals charge exorbitant prices. ( 1 EC dollar is 2.6 USD ). Fresh tomatoes cost the equivalent of 7 Euro a kilo here, and in Luxembourg out of season they cost 2.5 Euro a Kilo.