A day in St. Lucia

Travel Blog December 27, 2013

St. Lucia, West Indies

Welcome to the lovely island of St. Lucia. We have been here before but there are things that we have not done in past trips. We thought that it would be nice to go to the beach for a kick-back day but the weather looked like some tropical rains would appear which they did. We changed our minds and opted instead to walk into the capital city of Castries and experience a cultural immersion day in the market place.

We walked into town which is approx 1.5 miles from the cruise port and went downtown to the central market and wandered with no real destination for about an hour or more. Even thought we were the only ship in port today, it was still crowded in town with lots of local shoppers. The St Lucian’s speak with a melodious lilt to their voices in a combination of English and their distinctive local Creole dialect. It is lovely to just soak up the sounds and bright colors of the buildings and clothing. It is a true Caribbean experience.

The temperatures approached the 80’s and the humidity equal, so we decided to return back the ship to cool off. The walk back took us less than an hour around this snug harbor of St Lucia.

We have been given an assignment on this ship that we have never had on previous ships to sit near the excursion desk and answer questions on the ports. We didn’t get many questions so we wonder if it is really worth our time but we are listed on the daily calendar of events so we will continue to do this each day we are assigned to do so.

The evening show time was changed today so were didn’t have to wait until after our late dinner for entertainment. We attended a show with a very funny comedian. In our experience on board cruise ships, we have heard many comedians but this was one of the better that we have seen. He played to the audience and included a number of them in his jokes and presented a show which lasted over 45 minutes. The dinner was excellent and the day was likewise here on the lovely island of St Lucia.

Off to Tobago, the smaller island in the country of Trinidad and Tobago for more exciting experiences and some beach time tomorrow.

Public market at Castries