Weather Permitting: St Lucia

Sorry for this, but we didn’t like St Lucia last year and our opinion had not changed…. Even though Cheryl Cole is supposedly vacationing there just now, and I have the picture of her house, it is not anywhere I would like to visit again. Of course, if we are ever on another Caribbean cruise, we will make the most of it and visit the rain forest or something. We had hoped to see the Pitons this time around, since last year the road to the Pitons was not passable due to hurricane damage. But in the end, it was just too difficult to run the gamut of taxi drivers and find what we wanted. The best option is a water taxi instead of the road, but this is a very long day and we were not prepared to do this. If we had realized there was a option of the rain forest trip…..maybe it would have been a better day.

We were told the white house right at the top of this hill was where Cheryl Cole was staying. But I couldn't find any reference to her being on St Lucia except when she was there in 2002. Maybe she stayed at this house then?

However, Alan and I are never ones to have a bad day, and yesterday was no exception. Our ship had to dock at the very farthest location ever and the walk into town was not good. Not only were there loads and loads of pushy taxi drivers, and we wanted to walk, but the surfaces were uneven and sloppy and it was a sheer struggle to get to town. Did anyone mention a water taxi just on the other side of the ship? No!!! We took it back and it was fantastic. So if you are ever in St Lucia and docked on the Pointe Seraphim side instead of Castries, there is a great water taxi that takes you straight to town. A dollar more than a regular taxi and so much better than either a taxi or walking. And the best bit…..it ends at an outside bar where they have beer two for $3 and music, dancing, karaoke. To give you an idea how good it was….the last passenger had to be poured onboard before we could leave last night!

Taken from the water taxi. The pink roof to the left of the ship is the bar!

This is the Catholic church that we visited last time and knew it was worth a second visit. What a beautiful, colorful church!

Last year on our Princess cruise and this year on P&O - both British liners - we did a sail away party. When we saw other ships leaving port, they never did this. All the other ship's passengers would watch and wave as they went by. This one was the Great British Sail Away since it was our last time leaving a port.