KÄVELYÄ SAINT LUCIASSA 17.-19.9.2009 Saint Lucia on vierailemistani saarista ehdottomasti kaunein - ja köyhin. Ensimmäistä kertaa tällä matkalla kannan käsissäni kolikoita, jotta voisin heti antaa jotakin kerjääjille ja huumenuorille. He ovat aika pelottavia sekä pääkaupunki Castriesissa ja Soufrièressa. Miksi käveleminen on niin arveluttavaa? Koska se on köyhyyden merkki. Vain köyhät kävelevät. Kenties minä paikallisen väestön mielestä suorastaan herjaan heitä, kun he tahtoisivat ansaita pari iisiä dollaria kuljettelemalla minua paikasta toiseen. En kehtaa vastata heille, että kuntoani [View Full Entry]

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SAINT LUCIA 13.-16.9.2009 Nyt tein vahingossa jotain vaarallista ja ajattelematonta. Kiipesin eilen Gros Pitonille, joka on 2619 metriä merenpinnasta ja Petit Pitonin sisarvuori. Molemmat vuoret ovat yhtä paljon Matterhornin näköisiä eli aika jyrkkiä. Kyse oli väärinkäsityksestä. Toistin monta kertaa järjestäjälle että "no no mountain climbing but hiking yes". Keski-ikäinen rouva vakuutti, että hänkin on ”kävellyt” Gros Pitonin reitin monta kertaa. En usko, jälkikäteen ajatellen. Gros Piton Nature Trail osoittautui kivenlohkareista kasatuksi poluksi, jota kuljetaan äkkijy [View Full Entry]

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I have a few minutes left of my online time, enough to write a quick synopsis. St Lucia is a beautiful island, lush green and stunningly beautiful. The hotel is fab, although it can only be about 40% capacity. Food is great and great quality. Did some sailing today, which was fun. Have visited the drive in volcano, the famous waterful, the rainforest, the zip wire (scary) More later - time running out. [View Full Entry]

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Today we visited the island of St. Lucia. This island was much larger in population than the previouse islands 160,000. We didn't have any tours booked today, we decided to make it a beach day. We went to Rodney bay, it was really packed and not that brilliant, I didn't even take any pictures today. The highlight was getting to go tubing for free, the guy wanted to drum up some business so he offered us a free ride. We were the perfect group to hire, our friends on the beach said everytime we went around a corner or some bumps [View Full Entry]

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BEQUIA TO ST LUCIA Ok, where did I leave you? We spent almost a week in Bequia, we met another HR but much bigger than ours, a 53 , called Saskia. The couple, Simon and Jenny, and their teenaged children were really nice, we invited them for a drink at 5.30pm, by 1.30am we were all best friends! Next day Simon made us some wonderful rotis, it was a very enjoyable lunch. We went diving again and did the devils reef, we cleaned up the boat, did jobs, and went out again with Peter and Veronica. Did some ou work, trying [View Full Entry]

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Our next stop is one of the most picturesque and famous anchorages in the Caribbean, and in fact a favorite amongst cruisers and celebrities alike. On the very southern end of St. Lucia are the two Pitons, which are both a World Heritage Sight and a National Park. If you are lucky enough to grab one of the 12 mooring balls there (which we did), then you can stay the night in the anchorage between the Gros Piton and Petit Piton. It is truly an amazing experience! I don’t know what it is about these two volcanic spires, but they certainly [View Full Entry]

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What a sail! The sun shining down, warm water splashing on the deck, calm cobalt blue sea, and a wind of about 15knots on the beam..THIS is why we came! What alovely few hours, ST lucia appearing before us and Martinique gradually getting smaller. We had coffee with callisto before leaving, and did a book swap, and then really enjoyed our sail across, it is only about 24 miles, and there were lots of yachts out, making the passage both ways. It took about 10 minutes for me to be in the water after we had dropped the anchor, swimming round [View Full Entry]

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After enjoying Rodney Bay for a couple of weeks we decided to sail down to Marigot Bay, just a quick 8 mile trip south along the St. Lucia coast. According to the Doyle guide this is one of the most beautiful anchorages in the Caribbean- and we couldn’t agree more. We worked our way into the inner harbor and anchored the Rum Runner just behind a swath of beach that is lined with palm trees, absolutely gorgeous! We spent a few days here, just hanging out with friends and having fun. There are lots of great restaurants, bars, and boutiques to [View Full Entry]

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St. Lucia is one of the many islands that we had to skip on the way down to Trinidad last year and as we sailed by the Pitons we wished we hadn’t. St. Lucia is so lush and beautiful- we could tell that it is worth exploring as we passed by. So now that we are on our way back up through the Windward Islands we made it a priority to stop and spend some time on the island. Our first destination was Rodney Bay Marina, on the very north end of St. Lucia. Not only did we have some necessary [View Full Entry]

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Having had a fantastic wedding day in somewhat monsoon conditions we were greatly looking forward to our honeymoon in the Caribbean. Indeed we were keen to do some 'proper' travelling again, albeit in somewhat more luxurious style than our last global adventure. We arrived, blinking into the sunshine, off our BA flight to be hit by a wall of heat. It had been a long time since we had felt any kind of sun. We were driven to our hotel along some pretty hairpin roads by a helpful taxi driver, we were to discover all the St Lucians are extremely friendly [View Full Entry]

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