ST Lucia

Today was our day on St Lucia. We arrived about 7:00 and were allowed to go ashore about 8:30 after turning the ship around and trust me it wasn't very easy as space was very tight.








We set out for the Soufrier volcano at about 9:30 and had a long drive with a very nice guide, except we only understood about every third word. We think she spoke a  cross of english and french but don't go by us. The roads there were narrow and windy combined with driving on the left it was a spooky experience at times.

We drove through several little towns on our way there and stopped several times to get pictures and use the facilities. One thing we had to remember was that this is a rain forest and guess what,  it does in a rain forest, yup it rains quite hard actually so the views were not the best but still I got several artsy f artsy shots of the Pitons (mountains) between the downpours.

At the volcano it was very interesting and the park guide was very informative. It is a dormant volcano but it does boil water and give off the hydrogen sulfide gasses. There are only limited places you can walk and they keep an eye on people to make sure they don't go in dangerous places.

Once finished at the volcano we headed back and stopped at a botanical garden to see tropicals and to see what spices and fruits are grown there. Some of the spices are ginger, tumeric and nutmeg as well as some cinnamon and coco, most gets shipped out for processing.

We have had dinner with the same group of people and have met a couple from Toronto, from Germany and a very delightful couple from Lavalle PQ. I am embarrassed to say that there english is light years ahead of my french but they seem to understand and I do try to greet them in french.