Aerial view of a Caribbean bay with turquoise water, sailing boats at anchor, and colourful hillside houses under a blue sky

Hamilton Fort · Friday 8 May 2026
FujiFilm X-T5 · ISO 125 · 1/420 sec
XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR · 16 mm · f/5.6

Leaving Bequia a Day Early

Posted on By Khürt Williams

A last morning at Jamdown, an unexpected island tour with family, the Hairoun revelation at Mac’s, and an evening of old friends in Kingstown.

View through palm and almond trees to Admiralty Bay with sailboats at anchor, Bequia

Princess Margaret Beach, Port Elizabeth, Bequia · Thursday 7 May 2026
FujiFilm X-T5 · ISO 125 · 2.3 sec
XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR · 16 mm · f/20

Bequia, Day Four

Posted on By Khürt Williams

The sargassum sealed us indoors at Jamdown, drove us to Princess Margaret Beach for the day, and came back through the windows after dark — and then we decided to leave.

A person resting in the shade of a large tree beside a Caribbean harbour, with sailing boats moored in calm blue water beyond

Port Elizabeth · Wednesday 6 May 2026
FujiFilm X-T5 · ISO 125 · 1/640 sec
XF27mmF2.8 R WR · 27 mm · f/5.6

Rotis, Rum Punch, and Belmont Walkway

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A vegetarian roti with real protein, two rum punches over the bay, and the particular saturated colours of Belmont Walkway on a Wednesday afternoon in Bequia.

Look Yonder Estate on Crown Point seen from the Jamdown terrace at dawn, Bequia

Look Yonder Estate Crown Point, Bequia · Wednesday 6 May 2026
FujiFilm X-T5 · ISO 125 · 4.3 sec
XF27mmF2.8 R WR · 27 mm · f/16

Before the Island Woke

Posted on By Khürt Williams

A clean salt breeze after two days of sargassum, a Mockingbird on the stone grill arch, and a single flower on an otherwise bare trumpet tree — a Bequia morning.

Brightly painted hillside houses in Bequia — one vivid green with lime railings, another with a terracotta corrugated roof and yellow-framed dormers — surrounded by tropical vegetation on a steep hillside

Turtle Point (green) on the road above Jack's Beach Bar · Tuesday 5 May 2026
FujiFilm X-T5 · ISO 125 · 1/210 sec
XF27mmF2.8 R WR · 27 mm · f/5.6

Jack’s Beach Bar on Cinco de Mayo

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A frozen margarita made with Bequia sea salt, a Buddha bowl that actually delivered on protein, and Peggy the cat who claimed Bhavna’s lap as her own.

Crepuscular rays breaking through dark storm clouds over the Atlantic Ocean, Bequia

Sunrise · Tuesday 5 May 2026
FujiFilm X-T5 · ISO 125 · 1/500 sec
XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR · 150 mm · f/11

Sargassum Ruined the Morning at Jamdown

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A Mangrove Cuckoo heard from the garden gate, Laughing Gulls working the sargassum below, and the morning I learned that Belmont Road smells like the inside of a volcano.

Grenadines Ferry Terminal at Kingstown Harbour with cargo ships and forested hills behind

The Grenadines Ferry Terminal "The Wharf" at Kingstown Harbour, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Monday 4 May 2026
FujiFilm X-T5 · ISO 125 · 1/550 sec
XF27mmF2.8 R WR · 27 mm · f/5.6

Arriving in Bequia

Posted on By Khürt Williams

A ferry crossing, a stranger who turned out to be family, roads with no signs, and a terrace above the sea — the first day in Bequia was a long one.