Helen: Union Island isn't as friendly as Carriacou - people look at you a bit oddly if you say hello to them in the street... Also, there's loads of litter. In fact, C is really upset by all the rubbish. You really get the feeling that there are areas where the tourists are supposed to go which are kept nice (in Grenada they raked the beach outside the fancy hotels), and then there are places which you're not meant to see, with litter and open sewers and derelict buildings.
But...there is one ray of light - it's called 'Captain Gourmet' and it's the yummiest place in the world :) We're all up for trying the local food, and have been eating chicken and rice/peas till it comes out of our ears...but eating on the boat is a different matter, and lunch, for as long as we can remember, has been uninspiring bread, bendy (not crumbly) unidentified yellow cheese and reclaimed 'meat', with little or no salad. Captain Gourmet is run by a French lady and is jammed full of the yummiest looking food - fresh pain au chocolat, olives, real salami, museli, marmite - so yesterday we had a picnic with cucumber, fresh french bread, chorizo and camenbert. Yum. Would've been better if we hadn't had to have sat by a huge pile of rubbish (Lambi (conch) shells), but hey, can't have everything.
Gotta run now and meet the Skank Meister... Will keep you all posted of developments - we have decided we are definitly leaving this boat in a week or so, as we're totally fed up - either to go direct to panama to sail with another guy, or buy our red hulled boat in Grenada... Sounds like a win win situation to us, so things are looking up :)
Hx
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