Bequia 1

The driver who transferred us from Jalousie and back took us to the airport and he was a great guide with all sorts of information during the 1½hour journey, including a stop to buy some Cassava Apple & Raisin bread, which we ate at the airport. LIAT was essentially on time at just an hour late, but we had a great experience at St Vincent on arrival when we were called to the front of the plane before disembarkation and transferred directly to our charter flight to Bequia, all of 5 mins flying time away. The rest of the passengers probably thought we were film stars or Royalty bound for Mustique, and we didn’t let on! Ducking under the wings, we boarded an Aero Commander 500 with only 4 seats, 2 of us and 2 pilots! We had a great view of take off and landing, as well as views of some of the adjacent islands, and cleared Immigration and Customs in Bequia (pronounced Bekway) on arrival on a 1:1 basis. Then it was time to get a taxi and the Customs Officer came outside with us and waved at somebody up the hill whereupon a pick-up arrived and took us to our resort hotel. All of this was to gain an extra half day rather than hang around for 5 or so hours for the next ferry to arrive mid evening and it was worth it to be able to enjoy and bit of lunch and a swim on the beach in Friendship Bay. The cocktails and dinner were also good.