St. Lucia
February & March 2005
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| St. Lucia is
known for its beautiful 'Pitons'.
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Apparently people
actually climb these, but not me!
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| Marigot Bay was fun
because you could easily tie up to a dock and have dinner out! The
evening mosquitoes were a bit heavy in this protected cove, but the beauty
made up for any inconvenience!
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Rodney Bay. This
picture was taken from Pigeon Island, the site of a former fort and pretty
good interpretive centre. We spent several weeks here. What a beautiful spot!
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| Soufriere
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A walk up the main street
was a bit difficult because of some aggressive marketers and beggars wanting
a piece of our wallets! As well, we met many helpful shopkeepers and
other nice people.
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| The fishermen in St. Lucia
haven't yet caught on to the problems associated with the sun on their skin
and eyes.
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Every night we tried to
get a better shot of the sunset. We were able to actually see the
'green flash'. It is even better with binoculars!
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| These boys broke out in a
huge fight right after I took this shot. Do you suppose a female
was at the root of it!
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Take these prices in
Eastern Caribbean dollars and divide by 2 to get the Canadian equivalent.
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| The Unicorn
is used as a tourist attraction, and was actually used in the Pirates of the
Caribbean films.
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| "It must be noon somewhere
in the world!" My sister Lorna and her hubby Brian from Canada, visiting us in February .
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Shane was our boat boy for
the 2 months while we were there. He delivered us to town, organized
tours and generally was there when we needed something done. Having a
connection with one fellow meant that we could tell the rest of the boat
boys that we were taken care of.
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| Vincent told us he could
get a fish, so he went to town and bought a couple of red snappers.
Lorna and Brian treated but paid dearly for them. Still, the snappers
were quite tasty.
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This is Vincent and
another fishing buddy.
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| Hugh getting his sea legs
after a long New Brunswick winter.
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We had an excellent dinner
at the 'Harmony Restaurant'. Benny, the owner sent his son, Benny Jr.
out to pick us up and delivered us at the end of the evening. There
weren't any docks to tie our own dinghy up to and the surge is so bad we'd
be very wet if we attempted to beach the dinghy.
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| These and other strikingly
beautiful flowers grew everywhere!
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A good long walk up hill
behind the village at Anse La Raye took us to one of the many waterfalls
where we could cool down!
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