Hogmanay
Swiftwing
Sun 6 Jan 2008 21:48
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Hi all,
Happy New Year.
I have to say this is the way to see in the New
Year, on a yacht anchored off a tropical island waiting for the fireworks
display to start. For all those poor soles reading this on Claymore sorry but I
had to say it.
Louise had writen a larger and much better Blog
than this one but the computer crashed before she could send it, she has now
gone up on deck in disgust and you are going to have to make do with my efforts.
We have had an excellent week so far, swimming in
the sea or fresh water mountain pools every day. We had the hire car
for the first four days and made good use of it. We toured up over the mountains
visiting some of St Lucia's tourist spots. The cocoa plantation, a local artist
who makes wooden face masks that scare away evil spirits and a site where we got
to fly through the jungle on death slides. (Louise particularly liked the slides
with her aversion to heights.) Zaka the
local artist agreed to fake his own death if we bought some of his masks so that
they were sure to go up in value and while we were out and about, a local
offered to buy the hire car.It was tempting as the car could not be
traced to the Sutherlands and the Reids could just sail off into
the sunset but Douglas's honesty prevailed.
Today, we have had a lazy morning not doing much
but getting some food in for the holiday. We then went for an Italian ice
cream before Douglas and Bev joined us from the boat. Liz the West Indian Lady
who looks after our apartment came round and made us some cocoa tea
which is a drink made from neat Cocoa boiled up with other spices added. After
lunch we went out to Swiftwing lifted anchor and headed out of the marina and
round to the beach where we anchored and swam off the boat.
We have had our Hogmanay barbie, and are waiting
for the festivities to begin. One or two stray fireworks have already peppered
the sky, but the main event promises to be huge.
Have a happy and healthy 2008!
George
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