St Lucia

This must be one of our favorite islands! The ships dock in a beautiful bay surrounded by volcanic peaks, covered in lush vegetation. There's a little airport just on the other side of the hill with little planes coming and going.

We hired a taxi driver, Earl, to give us a tour of the island including some time at a beach. After he got the beer truck to move so that we could get out of the alley we started up the hill to an overlook of the harbor. Ours is the Celebrity ship with the X on it-- the one on the right.


From there we wound around the steep roads, past the Governor's mansion to the site of the former British military barracks, now a Community College. There were great views from there too!





On the way we discovered that Earl only drove a taxi part time and that his regular job is that of policeman! As a result we got great parking spots and didn't have to worry about his driving! When we arrived in Marigot Bay (where they filmed the Dr Doolittle with Eddie Murphy) there was an animated, good natured exchange between Earl and another guy in Creole (the local language which is a combination of English, French and pidgin) the only word that we understood being "insurance". It turns out that Earl used to be assigned to the Marigot Bay station and he knew the guy--who was suggesting that Earl should just go ahead and run him over so they could collect the "insurance"! Never a dull moment!



Marigot Bay is beautiful and there were incredible yachts from all over the world--London, Australia, and curiously, Kentucky! I guess if I lived in Kentucky I just might want to keep my yacht in St Lucia too.


Earl dropped us at the beach and told us he would come back for us in two hours. Apparently he was called to go on duty because his buddy, Murphy, picked us up and delivered us back to the ship. No worries, just helpin' a buddy!

Leaving the harbor we had the battle of the ship's whistles (horns) between us and the Serenade of the Seas. They had to halt the air traffic for the little airport so the planes wouldn't run into the ships!


Tonight we will be enjoying our complimentary bottle of wine from the Captain! It was in our cabin when we got back today. Last week he had commented to us at one of the events that if we kept the weather nice this week, he would send us wine. I never dreamed that he actually would!


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