What a beautiful day in London Town but thinking about my days in Bequia, Caribbean .... .....

To prove that there are blue sky's in London here we go ....

Despite the lovely skies of London I woke up this morning thinking about my time in Bequia last Easter.  It was the first time I came across a Carriacou Sloop and it's what helped to inspire James and I to create Jus'Sail. Have a look at our blog and read about the start of our new venture with our own Carriacou Sloop,
Good Expectation
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This is the Sloop that helped to inspire us .....

Her name is "Beauty of Petit Martinique"

I remember waking up on our first morning and it was a beautiful Bequia morning ...

A few more pictures of our time there .....

One of our shipmate's Collette ... The red of her shirt looks amazing against the blue ocean .....

Say no more .....

Happy Day!

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5 Dollar Sounds rock the Beach.....

Hi folks just want to let you into a little secret that happens every full moon on the Cas en Bas beach, St Lucia. With the breeze blowing off the sea to cool you and the moon shining in the sky to light your way to the sandy dance floor it makes for a special event not to miss.

You get to hear some banging house tunes from the turn tables of Derek and Ian plus guest DJ's ....

Ian

Derek 

The man at the back can't believe his ears it sound so good!

The people you meet dancing in the sand....

The Gorgeous Ladies

The Pretty Boys

The Lovely Ladies 

The Happy people Happy faces

Dancing Crazy

Strike a pose

So don't forget when you are in this neck of the woods look up 5 dollar sounds on Facebook for their up and coming events.

See you on the Sandy dance floor!

The Looshan Lunch Club heads south to Hotel Chocolat and a few stops on the way home ...

You may have seen the wonderful Hotel Chocolat stores on your high streets if you live in the UK. I was lucky to have a store 5 minutes away from where I lived in Norwich. So as you can imagine I would make frequent visits to try the wonderful delights of Hotel Chocolat, especially the chocolate made with the cocao from St Lucia! Have a look at the Hotel Chocolat website it will give you information on whats on offer at Hotel Chocolat and some history on the Robot estate plantation - http://www.thehotelchocolat.com/

The Looshan Lunch Club sit down to eat at the Boucan Restaurant, Hotel Chocolat, St Lucia

There was so much to choose from we didn't know where to start .... Drinks first!

There's so much choice on the lunch menu and everything has a hint of chocolate.

Salt, Pepper and Cacao nibs

I had the 

The Rabot Estate Garden Salad (v) 

local organic green leaves with seasoning, herbs from our own 

garden, cacao pesto, roasted nuts, and cacao nibs croutons. 

It was a fresh tasty herby salad but what made it unusual was the cocao nips, it gave the salad a real bitter sweet kick ...

My main course how pretty is this!

Handmade pasta pockets filled with ricotta cheese, mushrooms, 

spinach and spiced with local chilli and Rabot Estate cacao nibs. 

Tomato and fresh herbs sauce.

Here's what Yolanda and Malcolm had for starters ...

The Boucanier Tuna Salad 

Local green leaves and herbs with pan fried tuna and 

cacao pesto, potato, eggs, gruyere, hazelnut ganache. 

Yolanda and Malcolm's main course ...

-Local Inspired Chicken ì Rotiî 

Homemade cacao wrap filled with cacao nib infused chicken, served 

with curried sweet potato, pilau cacao rice, yoghurt raita, green leaves 

and plantain chips. 

Malcolm is hard to please when it come to food he is the critics critique but he absolutely loved it he will be back!

When you eat Chocolate it apparently releases the same chemical the brain produces when you fall in love.... More desert anyone ...

Yummy!

Lorna Francis Commercial Development Manager gave us a tour of the place ....

A view of one of the famous Piton from the Boucan Restaurant...

Looking down from the restaurant at one of the pool areas

Boucan Restaurant 

Pod pool area

Have a look on the website for some wonderful pictures of the accommodation.The rooms are refered to as 'Pods'

Check out Jus'Sail Facebook page for more pictures from our time at Hotel Chocolat
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After our wonderful lunch at Boucan and our short tour of Hotel Chocolat ...

We went off for a swim at Jalousie one of my favourite places to hang out .....

 The boys decided to have a conference on the beach about where to visit next ...

We have decided to go off the beaten track next ... Rum shops, local restaurants, Looshan lunch at home and a hike up the Piton with a fab picnic hoorah!

The Beach ... Gorgeous

Damon has one last dip in the sea but I am sure we will be back to sample Jalousie lunch menu at some point .....
What an amazing day had by all but we are not quite done yet ....

Ledera for a night cap anyone

We missed the sunset between the Pitons but we got a moody beautiful sky ....

Another place to visit for a Looshan Lunch Date Dasheen Restaurant at Ledera but for now a night cap...

Chairman with Coconut water, until next time cheers!

Marlie and Bonny doing really well ...

A few people have been asking how Marlie and Bonny have been doing. Well, both dogs got spayed a few weeks ago and last week they had their stitches taken out so we took them for a walk on the beach....

So much to share on my next blog ... Looshan Lunch club members go to Hotel Chocolate for lunch, Pictures from the 5 Dollar Sounds full moon party, news on Jus'Sail and lots more so watch this space ..... So much going on in My Life in The Caribbean

Wow it's all happening on Good Expectation!

The work has finally started and Mr Alford Cochrane based in Antigua, Jolly Harbour is the man who is doing the refurb on Good Expectation. Have a look at the Jus'Sail blog check out the link on this page which will give you more on the  background of these wonderful Carriacou Sloop boats and more pictures. I will tell you a little bit about them here. Well, Carriacou Sloops were used as cargo boats between the islands in the caribbean. They came about through the necessity of the smaller island produces needing to take control of getting their own produce to the larger island markets such as Barbados, Trinidad and as far north as St Barts ....

Our new Adventure .... Good Expectation

Here she is our own Carriacou Sloop Good Expectation we plan on creating an experience for those who want to have a 'Laid Back' sail. We are planning to bring her back to her former glory and you can read more on the Jus'Sail blog so check it out.