To Hope

The other day we decided to escape civilization- we took our hammocks and our packs and hiked to hope beach to spend the night. It was amazing.

Hope is my favorite beach on Bequia. Its not the most beautiful, but it has great crashing waves, the softest sand and the best part is that its completely deserted. There is not one house or person on the beach, just nature. And its so close to town- its maybe a 30 minute walk from the harbor and an hour hike from home.


When we arrived we searched for a good spot to set up and ended up finding a breezy and shaded patch on the beach and we tied our hammocks between 2 trees. We were in such a rush to start doing nothing. And that’s how the afternoon went- swimming, laying on the beach, reading or dozing in the hammock, opening coconuts and just generally basking in the natural relaxedness of it all.

So how is Europe this time of year? :P

(Our shoe-flag)

Well, thanks to the wind this time we didn’t get massacred by mosquitoes, but it did make it impossible for us to start our dinner fire, meaning we were relegated to eating cold sausages, beans and half-cooked potatoes. Also it got really cold during the night, and even though I followed Douglas Adams’ wise advice about towels it was still chilly enough to be uncomfortable (yep, these Caribbean winters are harsh), not to mention the torrential rains at 5 am giving us a nice wake-up call.


But it was still awesome, and the next morning we got to see the most amazing sunrise right before packing up, hiking back home in more pelting rain, showering, and heading off to work.