NO. 669
Feb 20th Feb 26th
BEQUIA
2015
THIS WEEK
Fri 20th
La Plage Bar & Rest'nt, Lower Bay - Open 10am Lunch & Dinner, Lunch only Thurs 10am-5pm, free Wifi available 458 3361
Sugar Reef Cafe, Crescent Beach - Farm and Fisherman to Table, daily for lunch and dinner 458 3400
The Fig Tree - Famous Fish Friday from 6pm, live music. Open Wed-Mon from 11am, waterfront location VHF 68/457 3008
Bourbon Grille, Belmont – Open Tues-Sun, Breakfast 8am-11am; Dinner from 5pm-10pm
433 8119/457 3175
L’Auberge, Hamilton - Lunch & Dinner - Gourmet French Cuisine, Live Lobster Pool! See ad!
VHF 68/457 3555
Coco‘s Place, Ocar - Open daily for lunch & dinner, Brent vocals & keyboard tonight! Res. pl. VHF 68/ 458 3463
Blue Tropic@Bequia Beach - Informal terrace bar, delicious Italian Cuisine, open Tues-Sat for dinner 7pm, res pls VHF 68/458 1600
Frangipani - Happy hour (2 for 1) on rum punch, Mt. Gay Gold, Silver & Black Barrel from 5-7pm daily - best deal in town!
Papa’s Bar, Ocar – Open daily, Monday - Saturday 11am until…, Sundays 5pm until… VHF 68/457 3443
Sat 21st
VSPCA Fundraising Lunch & Auction - Sugar Reef Cafe - noon to 4pm. See ad page 3
Papa’s Bar, Ocar – Lunch - Oxtail Soup, Sat Dinner Special, live music with Syl & Company from 7.30pm VHF 68/457 3443
Dawn’s Cafe, Lower Bay - Daily from 8am for breakfast & lunch. Dinner by reservation - please call 492 6508
Tantie Pearl’s Restaurant – 2-course Curry Special - conch, fish or chicken, only EC$70, res. please! VHF 68/457 3160
Bagatelle@Bequia Beach - Fresh Grilled Lobster Dinner – EC $110/EC $135pp – Live Music 7pm. Res. please 458 1600
Sun 22nd
Bagatelle@Bequia Beach - Restaurant & Bar, Sunday Lunch Special with Live Music
VHF 68/458 1600
Keegan‘s, Lower Bay - Curry Sunday Lunch from 12 noon
VHF 68/ 458 3530
Maranne’s Ice Cream, Gingerbread Cafe - Sundaes, sorbets & yoghurt too! Open daily 10am–5.30pm 458 3041
De Reef, Lower Bay – Delicious lunches and dinners right by the beach!
VHF 68/458 3958
Coco‘s Place, Ocar - Open daily for lunch & dinner, live string band music, res. please VHF 68/ 458 3463
Gingerbread Restaurant – Dinner music by J. Gool & De Real Ting, Bequia folk songs, calypso & more VHF 68/458 3800
Tommy’s Restaurant, Belmont Waterfront - 3-course Lobster Dinner $55. Open for dinner 6pm Sundays, res 457 3779
Mon 23rd
Friendship Rose Classic Schooner - Tobago Cays, snorkeling, exploring, US$150, kids free! VHF16/495 0886/9
Sugar Reef Cafe, Crescent Beach - At an historic coconut plantation, daily for lunch and dinner
458 3400
Gingerbread Restaurant – Open daily for b’fast lunch and dinner, Café open from 7.30am
VHF 68/458 3800
Daily Calendar of Events continued on page 2
Explore beautiful islands…
Snorkel colourful reefs…
Swim with turtles…
Join us aboard an elegant 62ft sailing yacht
Tobago Cays Tuesday & Friday US$ 150 pp
Mustique Wednesday US$ 140 pp
All cruises are fully inclusive
www.octopus-caribbean.com
Find us on Tripadvisor
Phone: 1 (784) 432 5201
[email protected]
www.thegrenadinescollection.com
+1 (784) 457 3888
+1 (784) 457 3739
+1 (784) 529 8046
+1 (784) 455 0969
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BEQUIA THIS WEEK
Tues 24th
Friendship Rose Classic Schooner - Mustique, famous bars, lunch on board, US$140, kids free
Tantie Pearl’s Restaurant – 2-course Grilled Jerk Special only $70, live music!
L’Auberge, Hamilton - Lunch & Dinner - Gourmet French Cuisine, Live Lobster Pool! See ad! Jack‘s Bar, Princess Margaret Beach - BBQ Night with Live Music! Wed 25th
458 1600
Bagatelle@Bequia Beach - Delicious Beach BBQ Buffet, Live Music, EC$90pp, from 7pm. Res please
Bourbon Grille, Belmont – Happy Hour from 5-6.30pm, 3 for EC$10 Hairoun, half price rum drinks 433 8119/457 3175
Sugar Hill Bar & Restaurant - Lobster Night with live String Music, great food - great locationVHF 68 458 3773
Coco‘s Place, Ocar - Open daily for lunch and dinner, Bob & Uthan live tonight! Res. please VHF 68/ 458 3463
Keegan‘s, Lower Bay - Movie Night by the Beach: ”Second Time Around”
VHF 68/ 458 3530
Thurs 26th
Friendship Rose Classic Schooner - Tobago Cays, snorkeling, exploring, US$150, kids free! VHF16/495 0886/9
Gingerbread Waterfront Cafe – Fresh baked goods, cafe, espresso & cold drinks right by the sea!VHF 68/458 3800
Tommy’s Restaurant, Belmont Waterfront - Italian Night – Chicken Parmesan & other specials. Reserv. 457 3779
Frangipani - World-famous Barbecue & Jump-up with the Elite Steel Band - res. essential! VHF 68/458 3255
Eating Out
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Fabulous Beachside Restaurant & Beach Bar
Daily breakfast, lunch & dinner - Fine dining/International flair
Monday - Caribbean Night
Wednesday – Delicious Beach BBQ - Live Music
Reservations please!
[email protected] www.bequiabeachhotel.com
Tel: 458 1600 / 458 3368
FREE WIFI
Opposite the
Main Jetty
Tel: 570 6521
Freshly made every day:
• Locally Roasted Coffee
• Exotic Fruit Smoothies
and Juices
• Gourmet Sandwiches
• Paninis and Wraps
Limited availability
Day passes US$ 99.00 per person
Bagatelle Restaurant
from 10am – 5pm includes:
• Welcome drink on arrival
• Access to swimming pool, gym, sauna,
restaurant, library/reading room, free wi-fi
• Use of a cabana, beach/pool towels
• Light lunch with drink
• 1 x 20 minute massage treatment
• Afternoon/evening drink
• Access to Non-Motorised Watersports
(Sunfish at small additional fee)
• Access to Snorkeling Equipment
R E STA U RA NT &
W A T E R F R O N T
BA R
D I N I N G
SUNDAY - $55 3-course Lobster Dinner
MON - SAT - Happy Hour 4 pm to 6 pm
THURSDAY - Italian Specialties Night
Reservations recommended 457-3779
Also at TOMMY’S - Handcrafted Gifts Made in Bequia
UNIQUE BEQUIA TEE SHIRTS AND HOODED SWEATSHIRTS
OPEN Mon-Sat 12 noon / Sun 5 pm Belmont Waterfront Port Elizabeth, Bequia
Blue Tropic
Restaurant
Italian Style Cuisine
Tuesday - Saturday for Dinner
Bequia Beach Hotel Spa
Watersports & Kids Zone
Enquire for Day Passes
(open to non residents subject to availibility)
mac’s pizzeria
Open 11:00am - 9:00pm
Situated between Gingerbread
and The Fig Tree
Open daily from 8am
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VHF16/495 0886/9
VHF 68/457 3160
VHF 68/457 3555
VHF 68/458 3809
Open Daily!
Reservations VHF ch 68, tel: 458-3474
L’Auberge des Grenadines
in HAMILTON • Open for Lunch & Dinner
Gourmet French Cuisine • Excellent wines
Prix fixe or a la carte menu
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Spectacula
ty Bay
of AdmiralCay!
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Tel: 457 3555
Live Lobster Pool!
•
Closed on Thursdays
VHF 68 • [email protected]
Fabulous open-air terrace
overlooking Admiralty Bay
Follow the blue streak of lightS
on our roof to find us!
Sports live on big screen TV!
Kitchen always open till 10pm!
Mon - Sat 11am ‘til...
Res: 457-3443 / 455 5463
VHF CH 68
Sun 5pm ‘til
Free WiFi
Eating Out
Farm and fisherman to table
at a beachfront coconut plantation
Open daily lunch & dinner Crescent Beach
784 458-3400
BOURBON GRILLE
Restaurant & Bar
Located at
Bamboo Chute
Spacious Terrace with Harbour View
Full Breakfast - bacon, pancakes, delicious pastries...
Breakfast 8am - 11am Dinner 5pm - 10pm
Wednesdays Happy Hour 5 - 6.30pm
Closed Mondays • Dinner res preferred • 433 8119 / 457 3175
Restaurant • Bar
Princess Margaret Beach
Open Daily for lunch & dinner
from 11am until...
Tuesdays:
BBQ with LIVE MUSIC!!
Tel: 458 3809
458 3443
VHF 68
ACTIVITIES
3rd Annual
VSPCA Fundraising
Lunch & Auction!
Sugar Reef, Crescent Beach
Saturday 21st February, noon - 4pm
Curry Lunch EC$100 - includes donation!
Quality Items for Auction and Gifts for Sale
Tickets available at Sugar Reef, Doris Fresh Food,
Maranne’s Ice Cream or from Sally Erdle
Vincentian Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
HELP US HELP ANIMALS IN NEED IN SVG!
All proceeds go directly to benefit the VSPCA
www.friendshiprose.com
Activities
the OASIS ART GALLERY
and gift shop - invites you to the final week
of FIRE and LIGHT
"an amazing exhibition of talented people's work"
showcasing large vibrant paintings
by Heidi Pritchard
Upstairs behind the Porthole Restaurant
Weekdays from 10am
(784) 497 7670
& Painting Sessions
at Sugar Reef Cafe, Crescent Beach
Art Lessons
Led by Julie Lea
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10.30am - 12.30 and 2.30 - 4.30pm
Materials provided, or bring your own - beginners encouraged!
Please call (784) 455 4677 for information and sign up
The Bequia Mission
Annual Benefit Gala
Sun March 15, 2015, 5pm Frangipani Hotel
Dinner, Live Music, Silent Auction, Raffle
Benefit & Raffle Tickets on sale under the Almond Tree
and at Solana's Boutique beginning February 20
PROVIDING HELP AND HOPE TO THE PEOPLE OF BEQUIA
[email protected]
Tel: (784) 457 3888
Rise up Bequia presents: Talent Expo 1 Night, 25 Acts!
Clive Tannis Playing Field • Saturday 28 February • Showtime 8pm • Tickets Adults EC$20, Children EC$10
Colin ‘Minkah’ Peters, Amanda Gooding, Flava Band, Country Relatives, Garth Gurley, Papa Winnie, J Gool, United for Christ Dancers,
Paget Farm Primary School, Bequia Kids on Pan, Kezia Gregg, Alena Osborne, The Extreme Dancers, Gabriele Gurley, Abuza, Yaphatto,
Indira Andrews, Damian Bynoe. Salisha Hazell, Dillon Ollivierre, Silma Duncan, Elvis ‘Roots’ Gordon, Elfic Grant and more...
Proceeds to aid our ongoing outreach
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BEQUIA
Bequia Boat Museum
Taxis/Water Taxis Dollar Vans
GENERAL INFORMATION
Bequia Police Station
458 3350
VHF 16 “ZedQS Bequia”
Coastguard 457 4578
Bequia Hospital 457 3328
VHF ch. 16 ”Juliet8Foxtrot”
Bequia Doctor
454 3514
Post Office Mon - Fri: 9.00am-12noon, 1pm-3.00pm
Saturday closed
Cruisers’ Net: VHF on Channel 68 - Daily at 0800 - Current weather & local information
Customs & Immigration: Mon - Fri: 8.30am - 6pm (closed 12-1pm), Sat: 8.30am - 12 noon, 3pm - 6pm, Sun: 9am - 12 noon; 3pm - 6pm
Overtime fees may be charged - Clearing in and out outside office hours and on Public Holidays is normally possible by arrangement.
call VHF on Channel 68
depart regularly from Port Elizabeth
Bequia
Harbour
Dinghy
Dock
Market Square
Gas Station
The
Market Dock
T
Post Office, Customs
& Immigration
Fuel Dock/
T Bequia Marina
Tourism Association Office
iralty
Model Boat Shop
$
Bay
New Dinghy Dock
Day Charters /
Cruise Ship Tenders
Clive Tannis Playing Field
Basketball
Football
$
Hospital
Pharmacy
Almond Tree
Bank
Yacht Garbage
Containers
T
Main Ferry Dock
Front Street
Adm
Bequia Tourism
Association
www.bequiatourism.com
Phone: (784) 458 3286
[email protected]
Port Elizabeth
treet
Back S
Wheres
& Whats
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Public Toilets
Dinghy Dock
St. Mary’s Anglican Church (1829)
Fitness / Health
MASSAGE on the BEACH
with qualified Spa Therapist Anette
Enjoy a relaxing massage under the palm trees
on Princess Margaret Beach
Open daily or call for an appointment
Tel: 430 9772
Dr. Gregory Thomas
Bequia: Mondays & Thursdays, 3pm – 6pm
Office upstairs Bequia Venture, phone 458-3937
Kingstown, St. Vincent: Tuesdays & Fridays 8am - 2pm
Kenmars Mall, Halifax Street, ground floor
For appointments phone 485-6449
YOGA on Bequia
Yoga for all levels - Iyengar/Vinyasa/Sivananda/Mindfulness
Mon – 9:30 am – Inter/Adv.
Mon – 11am – Gentle/Beginner
Tues – 4pm – General
Wed – 9:30am – Restorative (great for problem areas, back, hips, stress)
Wed – 11am - Mindfulness Meditation
Thurs – 9:30am – Inter/Adv.
Thurs – 11am – Gentle/Beginner
Thurs – 4pm – General
Location – Plantation House
Private Sessions available!
Call 784-455-4565 for more information
U are the spa
At Firefly Plantation
Bequia
Specialists in the field
of traditional Indian
and Far Eastern bodywork
‘Not just a treatment…
…an experience’
Philosophy of long life
Collect a brochure at the Bequia Tourism Office
or call us on: 497 0146 [email protected]
The Healthy Way
Acupuncture
Tuesdays
by Yukiko Duncan, Lic.Ac. (MA, USA)
upstairs Bequia Venture store in Port Elizabeth, Bequia
By appointment only, call 457-3631 or 431-6782
or e-mail [email protected]
shopping / Services
Mango Art Studio
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Belmont Bequia
"Bring Home the Color"
Original Paintings
and art books of Bequia Life
by Peter Carr and Julie Lea
open by appointment, (784) 455 4677
www.mango-art-studio-bequia.com
grap
hics
To advertise in this
publication, contact us
by Tuesday of each week!
Tel: (784) 457 3649
INC
[email protected]
"I purchased a copy from the Bequia bookshop while on holiday. The book really enhanced our
visit to Bequia, providing a backdrop and a narrative from which to explore". ~ A. from the UK
For a signed copy
call Susan at 457-3382
A Bequia Perspectives Novel
Order On-line: eBook: http://bit.ly/LvBu1j
shopping / Services / For Sale
Doris
Fresh Food
Located in Back Street! (formerly Le Petit Jardin)
Imported meats, cheeses, fresh fruit and vegetables.
Fine wines and spirits!
Open Mon - Sat 8am - 5pm
Sundays 8.30am - noon
Tel: 458 3625 [email protected]
Monica's Cash & Carry Supermarket
Opposite dinghy dock, Ocar
Fresh bread, fruit & vegetables, frozen meats
groceries, beers, wines & spirits
Yachties Welcome!
Open 7 days 7am - 10pm
Tel: 430 7969
Need help to fix something at your House or Property?
No job is too big or too small - on time and on budget!
Long experienced and dedicated Mason/Carpenter focus on tiling, plastering, painting and woodwork.
Well-known references available.
I have my own tools and my own ride.
Local Knowledge with an International Mind set!
Call Devon aka Beak, Cell: +1 784 533 6040 or
email: [email protected]
CIGI’S TRAVEL
Call Or Visit For All Your Travel Arrangements
Local or International
Villa Rentals & Cruises & much more!
Now Open At New Location:
“Bequia Technology Center”, Port Elizabeth
Tel: 784 458 3795 Cel: 784 527 6497
Hours: 9pm- 4pm Monday - Friday
[email protected]
(After hours: 784 458 3663)
fresh fish for sale BEQUIA SAILING CLUB
2014 EASTER Regatta T-shirts
Caught and prepared by Capt. Maurizio!
“Sea Sharp” Bertram 28' also available
for Water Taxi & Day Trips/Charters
NOW REDUCED TO ONLY EC$20!
Call 527 3552 for more details
On sale at the BTA office - open daily!
FULL PRICE T SHIRTS AND CAPS ALSO AVAILABLE
MARANNE’S
HOMEMADE ICE CREAM
Delicious Gourmet Ice Cream
&
Fruit Sorbets, Frozen Yogurt, Fresh Natural Yogurt
Sundaes and Splits, Qts and half gal Tubs to take away
All Natural Ingredients
downstairs at Gingerbread Cafe
Tel: 593 7264
www.actionbequia.org
'Making a Big Difference in a Small Island'
real estate / Villa Rentals
TOP SOIL For Sale
“The Best Quality in Bequia”
• Contact Oslyn Bunyan
Tel: 457 3147 / 528 9891 or 497 3692
[email protected]
Land For Sale
Lower Bay
www.begos.com/landforsale
Contact: Sylvester Simmons
Home: 458-3484
Cell: 493-3688
Yacht Garbage Disposal
Ashore, there is only one place to dispose of yacht garbage – the skips located off the Fish Market Jetty
next to the Vegetable Market. These are reserved exclusively for yachties’ use.
Alternatively, yacht garbage may be delivered “at sea” to Daffodil Marine or other reliable water taxis;
charge usually $3.00 to $5.00 per bag. Dumping in unauthorized places is a prosecutable offence.
Help keep Bequia Clean and Green!