Thursday, Dec 24th Today we were in St. Lucia. Country 36!
I did a land and sea tour to
Soufriere. We drove through the island
and saw fishing villages, rain forests, banana plantations etc. We saw coconuts, coffee, coco, papayas, breadfruits,
cashews, almonds, castor beans, mangos, etc.
The drive was beautiful, as was the botanical gardens. The drive was really steep and curvy. We took a catamaran back to our ship and had
a Creole lunch on board. They pulled the
catamaran over in a cove so people could swim.
People had to climb down a ladder to get to the water and we didn’t have
access to the beach because it belongs to a resort. I just stayed on board and relaxed in the
shade.
I had Spareribs for dinner – it is
Christmas Eve! I am really enjoying
having dinner with Angela and Anja.
Anja’s in her 20s and Angela is her mother. They are from Kansas City, Mossouri. We chat about traveling and religion – they
are born again believers. There are
several black crew members who are always flirting with Anja (who is also
black) Our table gets really good service!!
Friday, Dec 25th St. Kitts and Nevis – country 37!
St. Kitts was originally called St.
Christopher. It currently has 40,000
residents. I went on a bus tour and we
drove through Basseterre where we saw churches and West Indian cottages. Then we went to Romney Gardens and Caribelle
Batik Studios. Artists demonstrate how
to make the Batik fabric and there were many things for sale with colorful
patterns. The gardens were beautiful and
Samuel Jefferson, the Great Great Great Grandfather of Thomas Jeffesron , was
the original owner of the estate.
We visited Brimstone Hill Fortess which is
300 years old and we got to wander around it.
It was spitting rain throughout the day.
The driver made one last stop so we could take a picture of where the
Caribbean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean.
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| The divide between Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean |
Angela, Anja and I went to Christmas
service on the ship then had dinner. I
had turkey and mashed potatoes.
Oh! And they served eggnog at
breakfast J Many people on the island
had Christmas hats on and were saying Merry Christmas all day.
Saturday Dec 26th. Sint Maarten – part of the Netherlands
This island is tiny. I didn’t go on a tour, I just walked around a
lot and looked at the beach and town. It
is really hot on all these islands. It
is no hotter than Mumbai, but the sun is very different. The pollution in Mumbai keeps the sun from
beating down relentlessly, but here, I have to constantly seek shade.
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