Country Music Oddity is Real Hi Steve and Cathy,
It was nice reading your time in Saint Lucia. I am in my 40's and recently relocated here with my family. My wife just started a real estate firm here ( https://ghgrealestate.com/ ) and so we are all getting acclimated to different aspects of the culture. One of the things I was most taken aback by was the Classic Country that you hear everywhere. It isn't the Travis Tritt or Billy Ray country either, it is the 1960s Roger Miller style country. Hearing it contrasted up against the dancehall music you also here is a pretty funny juxtaposition.
Yes...this trip was driven by the CILT study tour...too good to miss! And it’s been 10 months since we were her last.
I remember the 12 Apostles from 1997 ...there are only I now that I could count, but new ones get created as well as destroyed by time and tribes..
Seems like little has changed since I went to the Seychelles about 20 years ago apart from the prices - it was a little expensive then but not on the scale you’ve been talking. Glad you enjoyed the Octopus curry. Pity they don’t have good mountain bikes in La Digue - we stayed on the island which was fantastic. Shame the shops were shut as I remember some great galleries and jewellery workshops - I have a painting of the coco de mer forest on our bedroom wall. Enjoy the rest of your trip and happy birthday to Cathy.
Merry Christmas from Shoebury! Sounds like you're all having a wonderful time. For similarly obvious reasons we haven't sent you a Christmas card either, so here's wishing you all a joyful and not too hot Christmas!! See you next year xx
Photos Hi Tracey
Don't know what the issue with photos was but recent blogs seem to be Ok. Please look again.
Glad you are enjoying the blogs. We're now gearing up for Christmas, and I will post an appropriate blog today.
Steve
Boats! We’ve seen quite a few of New Zealand’s little ports and marinas so far, and they’re all crowded with smallish boats. Apparently there are more boats per capita in NZ than anywhere else in the world!
RECEIVED Hi I have now managed to read your posts from arrival in NZ and 2 after but the pictures from this blog (safe arrival in NZ haven’t come through. Enjoy and keep the blogs coming!
Another Exodus Glad you’ve enjoyed yet another Exodus trip - sounds like it could be one for the list. Shame about the painful couple - you never know what you’re going to get but you’re lucky to escape without a couple of pains.
Final night of the Exodus tour Thankfully the Final Group Dinner went off well - helped greatly by the failure to turn up of the objectionable couple mentioned by Steve. And the food was pretty good too.
Food Not much comments about the food so far. How are you getting on with all the different local food? Day of the dead looks amazing and makes Halloween look like a walk in the park. On that day I had Megan's name added to a list of recently departed at a service in St Lawrence's church. We have our bonfire night celebration tonight and weather good thank goodness.
Keep up the blog - I look every morning.
Day of the dead This looks like a really fascinating day, I remember you saying it was going to be be part of your itinerary.
There was an article in the Guardian yesterday saying we don't discuss death or even recognise it as a possibility for ourselves! I think the Mexicans do it better. Enjoy the rest of your travels x
Keep them coming I just wanted to say how much I am enjoying the travelblogs- I will compile & print for Jean for when I go in next week too. The trip sounds amazing.
Pah! So there we were, strolling round the island, and we came upon a local braiding a girl’s hair. I looked interested, and she asked if I’d like mine done.
‘Not sure it would suit me’, I replied doubtfully.
‘Sure it would’, she said. ‘I’ve done four old ladies already today!’.
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Needless to say, my hair remains unbraided.
Pah!
Steve (ex management consultant) and Cathy (retired UK civil servant), have been together 29 years and are continuing our year of travelling.
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Country Music Oddity is Real
Hi Steve and Cathy, It was nice reading your time in Saint Lucia. I am in my 40's and recently relocated here with my family. My wife just started a real estate firm here ( https://ghgrealestate.com/ ) and so we are all getting acclimated to different aspects of the culture. One of the things I was most taken aback by was the Classic Country that you hear everywhere. It isn't the Travis Tritt or Billy Ray country either, it is the 1960s Roger Miller style country. Hearing it contrasted up against the dancehall music you also here is a pretty funny juxtaposition.