We have made it halfway to Dominica at this point without issues! Our last two days in Sint Maarten were hectic ones with errands including last minute store visits, groceries, saying goodbye to new friends and of course, getting another swab shoved up our noses! Bill is currently at 6 shoves and I am in the lead with 8 shoves. We left Sint Maarten with hopes to return next year and headed toward St. Kitts for our first anchorage. We will definitely be returning next year to St. Kitts because it was beautiful! We were not allowed to get off the boat but from the water, it looks a lot like Ireland. Very green with beautiful rolling hills. Our next leg was to Monserrat which is where we are anchored for the night. We did not have permission to enter into their waters (we tried and tried to contact them but no response) but we figured that people who live on an island with an active volcano in the middle of the hurricane zone probably do not care too much about a germ. As my Stifel financial buddies would say, “they have a high tolerance level for risk”. We leave tomorrow for Guadalupe and then onto Dominica Monday. Then, we have five days quarantine there….sigh. The good news is that we have finally found the dolphins again! We had only seen one since leaving the Bahamas so we are hoping to get some entertainment on tomorrow’s sail. I tried to entertain myself today by fishing but the only thing I caught was a sea gull….luckily, he discovered my lure was not edible and gave up. Quite the pesky fellow!
Most of the trip we have been humored by our Google Fi phones. Every time we go to a new country, Google Fi notifies you by saying something such as “Welcome to the Bahamas! We’ve got you covered!” Thus far, Google has had us in the following locations: Location Google guess United States United States Bahamas Bahamas Turks and Caicos Jamaica Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (but no phone service) Puerto Rico Puerto Rico St. Thomas St. Thomas St. Maartin (French) Guadalupe Sint Maartin (Dutch) Anguilla St. Kitts Jamaica Monserrat Antigua and Barbuda on Sally’s phone and Jamaica on Bill’s phone So, I would not recommend counting on Google to get you anywhere quickly or accurately! I am really curious once we arrive in Guadalupe if Google will say “Welcome to St. Maarten! We’ve got you covered!” The main challenge with the location issue is figuring out which time zone that particular country is in because Google automatically changes the time on the phone. Makes setting wake up alarms a little more adventurous! Just a short blog this week because I am a bit tired after all the travel the last two days. Have a great week and we’ll see you in Dominica! ***No pics this week due to slow internet.
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Rebecca Smith
6/16/2021 05:10:11 pm
Hey friend! I hope you are having great travels! One of my clients who was in Dominica in Feb sent me her list of things to do! So I am passing along the fun!
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