Buddy boating while exploring Barbados and Granada Vlog 56

After crossing the Atlantic at the same time as 10 other kid boats, Barbados was a riot of colour, fun and socialising. Carlisle Bay where we were all anchored just off Bridgetown also has an amazing marine park of 6 wrecks dated from WW1 and 2 through to recently, these made for great snorkeling and easy first dives for some of the kids. Then it was off to Grenada with some of our friends on Boag, Mrs Chippy and Spacegrazer, together we made up a group of 21 - 8 adults and 13 kids! We managed to find a 21 seater bus to explore the amazing tropical island of spice that is Grenada. We swam over natural waterslides in the jungle, visited the organic chocolate factory and a rum distillery still using its original water wheel from 1874, we clambered in the last Cuban airlines plane abandoned here in the conflict of 1983 and fed wild monkeys in the forests of Mt Etang - we are just loving exploring these great islands with our cruising friends - watch and enjoy!! We are the Robbins family sailing on our boat named Nikau. We are a family of 5. Our 3 kids are doing NZ correspondence school on board. They are growing to love it! What's not to love about 3 hours of school a day and then a different playground for the afternoon every day! We've traveled from New Zealand to Sardinia in Italy to pick up our boat and we plan over a few seasons to sail her back to New Zealand. We hope you enjoy following us on our adventures! We would love to hear from you. Especially if you are interested in doing something crazy like we are! Maybe we can help answer some questions you have? Thanks and enjoy.