Is This Really a Caribbean Island?

Mystique. What can I say?

We hopped over to Mustique for what we thought would be a few days. It’s a private island and you have to pay a fee just to anchor in the little bay.

Once there we headed to shore to have lunch at Basil’s and check out the island. We decided on a one hour cab tour and saw all the houses where the rich and famous stay. I think the cheapest we saw was $18,000 US for a week.

Basil’s on the beach. Mustique

Although the island is pretty with well paved roads, lots of flowers and landscaping, the workers all live in one area of the island and the temporary construction workers live in another specific area. Everything is very controlled and it just really didn’t have that “island” feel that we’ve become so used to.

Inside the bar at Firefly on Mystique
The view from up the hill at Firefly on Mystique

The anchorage got very rolly so after one night we pulled up the anchor and headed to Bequia.

Wreckage from the Ariane Space Rocket salvaged in 2015.
East coast of Mystique.