St Lucia is the one where the Soufriere volcano is - they say it is the only 2drive in" volcano in the world"! Not that we did that.
We had booked a toour to Mamika gardens, a landscaped garden on the other side of the islan from the main port & capital, Castries. That involved a drive up huge moutains and down the other side, with some fantastic views. The gardens themselves were interesting , more orchids of course, and other stuff, including a herb garden.
The guide was so knowledgeable he could write a book - told us how to grow each individual orchid, what food it would need if any and so on - a shame, as none of us will be able to grow orchids at all where we live! a very clever and erudite man on his subject, but it was, TBH, a shade too much for a guided tour! I've discovered i like banana cake though - that was the half time refrechment, banana cake and lemonade, lovely.
The ship put on a posh dinner , and organised a midnight barbie on deck - at which time everyone back home had been into 2010 for 4 hours!
Email from Gaynor tells me that it is stil below freezing at the stables, she's had to get in more haylage than we planned, the horses have hardly been able to go out at all but at least have been able to go out more than all the others on the land, and she's having to carry water from her house to the yard. thank goodness it's only across her garden! nightmare. this is why i don't normally do winter holidays, too much work for the person left in charge.
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But then again, hasn't your guilt about leaving someone else in charge at home been just a little bit eased by the sunshine? *G*
Sounds like a wonderful time.
I sailed to Nassau and Bermuda twice. My parents, however, were cruisers and visited many of the islands. Beautiful.
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