St Lucia

There will have been a few disappointed passengers this morning. The St Lucian authorities came up with new regulations at the last moment. Only those passengers booked on an organised shore excursion and those booked on tours with a government approved taxi service were to be allowed on shore. All the others would only be allowed to enter the cruise terminal building where there are a few shops. Fortunately Erica and I had booked on a ship’s excursion to the west and south of the island to walk a nature trail alongside the Pitons and then stop for a Creole lunch. So we set off in the rain by small coach along very narrow and twisting roads but through lovely countryside. The walk itself was quite steep in parts and by this time the sun was out, but the views from the top of the trail were fantastic. We then stopped for lunch in a small restaurant alongside the entrance to Hotel Chocolat’s cacao research centre. I couldn’t confirm that this is the same company as Hotel Chocolat in the UK, other than they are involved in chocolate. It was a good day. On arrival back tried to obtain wifi in the terminal building but pretty useless.Read more