Update from St Lucia
Island Kea II
Steve and Katrin Everett
Mon 31 Mar 2008 14:24
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Position update 14:04.57N
60:56.87W
We have now been in St Lucia for just over a
week. Lesley and David arrived two days ago on Saturday. The plane
was a bit late and we went for a walk on the beach while we
waited.
Sunday we hired a car and went for a drive. We
had lunch and snorkled and swam at Anse Chastenet and went out
for a indian meal in the evening. Yesterday, Lesley and I went to the
market, the same as the natives go to for their vegetables and fish. The
people here are very friendly and whilst having a beer, one guy asked Lesley to
marry him and forgetting to get my change from a lady for lettuce, we had her
chasing (or more like hobbling) after us to give us our money. I would
have assumed that most people would have kept it, but no.
When we bought the fish there was lively discussion about who
was a better fish filleter, myself from or Iceland or him, but when I watched
him, he would have won hands down!
When I asked how much the plantains were, she nearly fell off
her chair, she was not used to white people knowing what they were as most of
them think they are ripe bananas.
Having stocked up on the supplies for the boat for the next
few days whilst sailing, we had a lovely meal in a restaurant reached by
dinghy.
Some pictures:
Island Kea II - having got nice antifoul and really clean
Prop!!!
Island Kea II being put back into the sea.... -
  Lesley on the way to Anse Chastenet - lovely colour flowers on the
tree
Lovely views
  Steve and David
Great view of the Pitons
  Lesley and Katrin with the Pitons in the background
The beach/restaurant where we stopped for
lunch
  #A visit to the market. this is the area where people can have lunch
and a few beers...
The
fish filletter - definetely a professional - he had two thumbs sure it
helps.
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