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January with the turtles

After leaving St Lucia we’ve been cruising between the Tobago Cays in the Grenadines and Grenada and are now working our way north again.

Having spent a fabulous New Year in the Tobago Cays, the children were sad to say goodbye to the enormous turtles, which they swam with each day. Talk about a biology lesson! The snorkelling on the windward side of the Cays was among the best yet,

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