Life with Mrs C

Bequia was our next stop, and is a beautiful, small island, measuring 7 square miles (18 km²). The islands capital, Port Elizabeth, hosts the ferry terminal and Paget Farm, which hosts the airport. Other prominent areas of Bequia include Spring, the site of a former coconut plantation, and Industry Bay and Park Bay, where the Old Hegg Turtle Sanctuary is located. The late Queens sister, Princess Margaret, visited Bequia in the 1950s and had a beach renamed in her honour.

Our ship was unable to dock, due to size so we stopped at anchor further out and the crew lowered the tender boats to ferry guests to shore, and back again. We didn’t rush out, knowing full well anyone on an organised trip would have priority so we’d only be in a queue for numbers to then get off the ship. We enjoyed walking around the top deck and looking at the island from where we were anchored, and eventually mid morning we got the announcement that other guests could head ashore. The tender trip was super quick, and lots of fun, and they dropped us at a small dock just in the middle of the small town.

Our cabin crew had told us to walk along the shoreline path to find Princess Margaret beach as it was absolutely stunning – so this was our aim today. We got off the tender and headed right following her instructions all the way along a narrow path, past a few bars, diving shops and even an ice cream shop, and kept going until we reached the first small beach – Beamont Beach.

This was also very pretty, however we were told to keep going, up the path and essentially over the top of the hillside and back down to Princess Margaret Beach. Now, as someone who isn’t a huge fan of heights, or small narrow paths with little support, I was gripping the rail for dear life and Mr C had to shout some encouragement. However, it was all worth it once we got over the top of the stairs and back down. The views were incredible and the beach was stunning, with the clearest water we’d seen.

We wandered for little bit then found Jack’s Bar – another spot our cabin crew had mentioned was good for WIFI and fresh fruit smoothies and cocktails. As we liked to check in with home when we could, and it offered an excuse to keep me out of the direct sun for an hour or so, we grabbed a couple of seats by the bar and ordered a drink each, Mr C had the local beer Carib and I ordered a fruit smoothie made with full chunks of fresh fruit which was amazing! After a while we decided to head back, however due to the heat we stopped for ice cream as well – it would have been rude not to!

Once back on the ship we had a relaxing couple of hours before getting ready to head out for dinner at the speciality restaurant – Kora La. This was a last minute booking after deciding the menu looked good, done only a couple of days prior. So, if you are struggling to book, keep an eye out once on board.

The whole experience of dining here was amazing! We were sat right by the window with a full view over the ship and the island. For food, we were able to choose a starter, then a main meal OR a curry and two sides, followed by a dessert. I opted for Spicy chicken, followed by a Chicken Rogan Josh (Medium spice) with rice and naan, then Crème Brulé for dessert.

I also ordered the restaurants speciality cocktail – The K2Cooler – which being on premium all inclusive was free of charge, however if you weren’t, you could still order at a small charge of £2.50.

We had zero complaints about any of the food, drinks or the overall experience and would recommend this to anyone. I will cover the restaurant separately in a review blog which I will link once live.

After this we hit our usual spot The Live Room, to be able to enjoy the live music from the vocalists and bands, staying right through to the end.

Have you even been to any of our ports so far? OR are you hoping to?

xoxo