Mustique

Well, Mustique is certainly different from the other islands we've been on. It is a privately owned island - The Mustique Corporation runs it (although still part of the nation of St. Vincent & the Grenadines...don't really understand the politics of it all). It has about 90 homes on it, each one more elaborate and beautiful than the next.

The sail here from Bequia was about 3 hours because we put up very little sail and went slow. We've decided to stay about 3 days before we keep going south to other Grenadines.

We learned that about half of the homes are rented when the owners aren't in residence. Each home has its own racing green Kawasaki Mule with the corporate logo on it that comes with the rental. And natives abound here, all to do the service of the wealthy owners/renters. We've spoken to several of the people who work here (one cannot live on Mustique unless you own/rent, stay in a hotel, live on a boat or have a job here!) and the workers all claim to be on call 24/7. If a toilet isn't working at 4 AM in one of the homes and its your job to fix it, the home owner/renter does not wait until morning...not when they're paying $40,000 a week...not an exorbitant amount here, we've also learned. There are a couple of hotels as well. One is The Cotton House ($700 per day minimum) and the other is called Firefly.

Here are some photos:
The Library -- where this posting was done

A few of the houses in their secluded settings:
The oldest tree on the island (or what is left of it) in front of the interdenominational Bamboo Church with no doors to the right.
Faux Victorian overpriced stores on the two block long "Town".
The "Fishing Village" with Basils Bar and Restarant in the background. We sat at the extreme right, in the corner, over the water. Great location, Bach and Borodin on the stereo, very attentive trained service, high prices(but that's par for the course here) but not so good food.