2014-April 16, Wednesday--St. Vincent (10am-6:30pm):

Another new port for us.  My research mentioned some snorkeling at a beach on the southernmost point of the island.  So we got off the ship and looked for a taxi dispatcher and asked where we should go for snorkeling.  They, too, mentioned Indian Bay on the southern point---specifically Villa Beach.  So we headed there with another couple who was also looking to go to a beach.   

  The beach was beautiful, but there were a lot of young resident adults hanging around.  One even followed us saying he'd watch our stuff so no one would take it.  I was a bit skeptical, but Ken chatted with him for quite awhile and liked him enough to "hire" him to watch our stuff.   Ken does have a waterproof case on a lanyard, so nothing of value was left at the beach---just our towels, sunscreens and water in a back pack.  We snorkeled about 2 hours.  The young man stayed there the whole time (we periodically looked up to see if he and our stuff was still there).  When we were done, we gave him $5 and he was thrilled.  There was also a woman in uniform with something like Visitor Police on it who was also keeping watch on the beach.  
We headed down the beach away from the crowds to leave our stuff and enter the water.   Where our snorkeling base was from.