day 8

Subject: St.Lucia

Hello everyone,

RAIN, RAIN, and more RAIN

Yep, we arrived in St. Lucia in the rain, while eating grit's in the cafeteria on the 11 floor, I watched the rain wash over this tiny island. So instead of rushing for the shore tour, I ordered another bowl of grit's, and an orange juice. I watched the small planes land on a tiny airport, that seemed to run right over the bay, which it did. Kathy and I, along with Bev and J, walked through the tiny dock side market in the tropical downpour. We then decided to go to town as our plan B was put into effect. We took a water taxi to the town site 1km away, and right into another dock market, this one more upscale, and costly. Out onto the street, St.Lucia reminded me of Tijuana, so many people and buildings all squished together, most things seemed broken, like traffic lights, but not as broken as Grenada. The open market was just a jumble of stalls, selling the same stuff we saw on most of the other islands. So we amused ourselves by seeing just how low we could barter for the few trinkets, to be used as gifts, back home. When we got bored of this game we went for the local beer, meeting up with some more members of our party. As I don't drink, and was just tired of the crowds I went back to the ship for lunch and to read, while the rest got ready for round 2 of shopping. As a positive note all the people we met were nice and the rain was warm, however the sign on the lawn saying " beware of the guard dogs at night" hinted at more than we wanted to know. I guess I should have gone diving, as one of my dive buddies later told me the diving was great, O well, ya just can't do it all in one trip.. Tomorrow will see us in Dominica, and hopefully the sun will shine on our little parade.............till then friends.........Andy