THE SCENE IN THE Grenadines
Travel+Leisure India|March 2020
The sister islands of Bequia, Canouan, and Mustique have long drawn people in search of escape—from the rat race, the paparazzi, or society as a whole. MAURA EGAN explores three very different enclaves that, despite recent development, remain hidden in plain sight.
MAURA EGAN
THE SCENE IN THE Grenadines

I’M ON A BOAT with my captain, Vibe, and his teenage deckhand, Storm. It’s my first afternoon on Bequia, one of the 30-some islands that make up St Vincent and the Grenadines, and we are sailing around the western coast to take a look at Moonhole, a former utopian community chiselled out of the rocky cliffs. At one time, there were dozens of people living in this commune and eco-resort, founded in the 1960s by a Chicago advertising exec. It ran on solar power and rainwater and was built entirely from local materials, including whalebone and old anchor chains.

Judging by the precarious stairs cut into the cliff face, Moonhole was never the easiest place to reach, and over the years, minor squabbles and major storms have left it looking a little forlorn. Still, one of the original residents, Charles Brewer—a 90-something architect who taught at Yale with Frank Lloyd Wright— continues to live there, and there are six villas available to rent. Presumably not the ones I saw with trees growing through them.

The Grenadines, an archipelago that unspools across the eastern edge of the Caribbean just above Venezuela, have always been like this—a bit wild and inaccessible. Historically, these islands have attracted more adventurous types, from hippies to sailing enthusiasts and entrepreneurs who have seen this as one of the last patches of unspoiled paradise in the region.

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