Store Bay, Tobogo

On route to Charlotteville, we found a great little spot called Store Bay; very near the main airport at the southwest end of Tobago. We have decided to stay here for Christmas as it has great snorkelling, good facilities and appears to be a good anchorage. The above photo is Gramma enjoying the 9 knot reach across the south end of the island.

Snorkling today we saw many new fish and beautiful coral that we have not come across before. This included a very large French Angelfish, Lobster, Trumpetfish, Parrotfish,Butterfly fish and best of all a Barracuda. The Barracuda was very non threatening, but that didn't stop Alex from looking for a quick exit from the water. The picture above is of a small octopus that Alex found coming from a shell that someone threw from the ocean.

We are the only boat in the bay with Christmas lights and have had many nice comments about how nice it looks. The kids and gramma worked on making snowflakes for the salon window and for our miniature palm Christmas tree. It is very different experiencing Christmas in the tropics, but lots of fun. I would like to take this time to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas!

Go figure. We are on an island of 70,000 people and they have two fast cats as well as two ro ro ferries. These kept us entertained at our last anchorage between the comming and going of the cruise ships and interisland ferries.

Our sat phone system is not connecting in this location and we have only been able to check internet and blog from the internet cafe. We hope to have better coverage when we cross back to the Grenadines.