Vikings of the Caribbean

I've been hanging out with a really fun bunch of Swedes who are staying here on Union Island. Unlike in the good old USA, they get six weeks of vacation a year, so most of them are here for a month or more. One of the nice things about spending time with them is that they are so polite that they almost always speak English when I'm around (however, some things are funny in any language!) Some of them are expert kite surfers and some are just here to relax. A couple of them are learning and on my level, and I've been working with one of them, Oskar, taking turns using my dinghy to pick up the other one when we (inevitably) end up down wind. It's a time consuming process, though, since we have to deflate and pack the kite in order to bring it back to the beach.

I took them out to the Tobago Cays on Alannastar, and everyone had a great time. Then, on New Year's Eve day, they treated me to a day trip to three islands on the Scaramouche, a really cool wooden schooner which was built just across the channel in Carriacou. Built in the late sixties, she is one of the last of the sailing cargo ships. http://scaramouchegrenadines.com/ We spent New Year's Eve enjoying a lobster dinner and dancing in the streets of Clifton. Gott Nytt Ar!

Swedes in the Cays

Scaramouche

Palm Island