The Caribbean’s Bequia: Your Hot Sauce is from WHERE???
My husband Greg and I are on a Windstar cruise. My first-ever cruise and there’s nothing like starting at the top. Alas, there’s something I need to sustain life that this otherwise excellent cruise does not offer: decent internet connectivity.
And so I’m “speaking” to you from an internet cafe in Bequia, which, as Greg indecently makes a comparison to a woman’s breast, is small but perfectly formed.
Bequia (BEK-way) is the tiny cousin of St Vincent … I hear accents and see boats from countries ’round the world here. Numerous internet cafes are on offer.
The one we chose is at Maria’s French Terrace – fabulous, bountiful fish dishes … When we asked for local hot sauce, though, we were served some stuff from … Louisiana. Well, you can’t win ‘em all. I can’t complain, for when I look up from my keyboard, I see this:
Pretty hard to take, huh?
Another gem of the Caribbean and I bet most of you haven’t ever heard of it; I hadn’t, either, until this cruise. Lovely … Or, as Greg says …
Oh never mind.
4 Responses to “The Caribbean’s Bequia: Your Hot Sauce is from WHERE???”
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I took the ferry to Bequia last December and spent the day on an island tour. Splendid! The best part was the black cake from Juleen who works at the Tourism booth at the dock… Seriously worth the trip next year!
Oh, how I wish I’d known about Juleen’s black cake! Darn! Definitely sounds like it’s worth a trip back. I adored that little island. Am in Dominica now, rain forest land.
What a coincidence! I also went to Dom on my trip!
I loved it, but found it to be much chiller than Bim due to mountains. The aerial tram was especially a treat. I would have loved to have spent more time in the Carib Territory, however. Screw’s Sulphur Baths are MORE than worth it. I didn’t get out until it was almost dark.
Dinner at La Robe Creole was a treat. However, there was only shrimp to be had on the island at the time. No conch, snapper, crab, lobster… nothing… hope you have better luck.
Dominica has fabulous rain forests, you’re so right! And, yes, chillier than Barbados. I didn’t take the sulphur baths .. a good reason to go back. We didn’t eat in Dom at all, aside from a cookie with my cappuccino at Rituals Coffee.
Dom is not about the beaches … they’re rocky. The country is poor, very poor, but has a lot of color – the animals in the rain forests, the cheerfully painted buildings, the arts and crafts.