Soufriere
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Thu 18 Apr 2013 22:55
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Thursday 18 April 2013
Happy 26th Birthday Andrea!
We pay a 'Coral Protection Fee' to stay on the
moorings which have been put down so that we don't damage the coral with our
anchors. We are all strict about taking trash ashore, also because of
damage to the coral and the fact that turtles have been known to choke on
plastic bags, quite apart from it being the only reasonable thing to do in any
case.
The rain was very heavy and prolonged overnight and
throughout Thursday morning. There was a tremendous amount of run-off from
the gulleys on land and the sea turned brown. It soon became clear that
unfortunately St Lucians do not share the
concern of the authorities - the sea was full of rubbish. Very dirty
and unpleasant. Expanded polystyrene cups and other
containers:-
 Coke bottles, a toothbrush and so much more floated
by during most of the morning:-
 The sky cleared about 1pm. We decided to
launch the dinghy and go over to the Hummingbird which is advertised in the
Pilot Book as being welcoming to yachts. After escaping the clutches of
one of the boat boys (men actually) who wanted to direct us to another
restaurant where he would look after our dinghy for a fee we were able to carry
the dinghy up the beach near to the Hummingbird restaurant and put the locking
cable around a palm tree! They had a guard who watched over the dinghy
whilst we were there.
Hummingbird were indeed very welcoming and it is a
very nice place in a lovely setting. They were happy for sailors to use
their facilities. The owner said 'please tell the other yachts'.
Well, it's the quiet season and there was only one other table occupied for
lunch.
The restaurant:-
 The view from the restaurant:-
 We did take advantage of the pool, sunbeds and
shower during the afternoon. And by the time we got back to the boat the
sea was clear again. |