St Lucia 14:05.0N 60:55.0W
Pacific Bliss
Colin Price
Sun 14 Mar 2010 13:27
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St Lucia
Too date most folk seem to think it is Mrs Price
seconded to write the blog, which most of the time is true, but, what actually
happens is I am given the blank canvas and Colin is given the job of
correcting the grammar and spelling he was not really allowed to alter the
detail. Largely this is the case but, 'boy' we asked a lot of a couple of
friends and there kids to come out for 10 days. We hope they enjoyed it a
bit.
 This is a
picture of them leaving PB at Rodney Bay, St LuciaWe stayed on in Rodney Bay for a few days,
anchored out in the bay. We had some jobs to do, the most important of
which was to clean the fresh water tanks of all the little bits and pieces that
were floating about. I don't think it had ever been done in the life of
the boat.
For reasons best know to themselves the kids
have been calling each other 'Mannee' for weeks now. Imaging their suprise
and glee when we came across 'Mannees Bakery'!
 A lot of time spent with head in the
bilges. Cleaned the fresh water tank on the Port side which took hours and
hours and hours and was very sore. Sometimes to own a boat you have to be
a contortionist as well as a skipper. I've never done anything like this
before and its just another thing that I can do now. You learn so much at
this game. Each day is a lesson.
 St Lucia, like many of the other islands,
is having a severe shortage of water, so there is none available on the
dock. Each day we went into the marina there was
Soufrierre
Small town just Noth of the Pitons where we
thought we'd pull in for lunch, not expecting to get RIPPED OFF for
lunch.
We had dropped down the Coast to Soufriere where
we stopped and were ripped off by a local boat boy...If you ever go there, avoid
Ben.
Had a great creole lunch and then went to the
Jerusalem falls which was dlightful. Our taxi driver had gone by the time
we came out of the falls (He was trying to fit in another fare whilst we were
busy) so we walked down the hill and took a local bus for the last bit.
Once more, a lesson learnt, 'use local transport if you possibly can and you are
more likely to have a pleasing adventure rather than a tourist
trip'.
   Our rasta
flower taxi.  man carrying
coconuts  The Pitons
That evening we wen't round the corner to the
Pitons. There were no bouys left, so we were directed to anchor, and left
as light was just coming up over the Pitons, quite a grand sight.
  
Definitely a pirate ship . . . . |