Antigua and St. Lucia

19th and 20th January 2016

Antigua

Today we arrived in Antigua, a port we had visited several times before, so we decided to have a lie in before we ventured out into the 29 degree heat to walk around town, which were located adjacent to where the ship was berthed.  After a couple of hours walking around town we found a nice quiet bar where we had a beer and a burger, whilst we took advantage of the free Wi-Fi, to download our e-mails etc.  After a pleasant day we returned to the ship for a quick sun bathe before preparing for our evening meal.

St. Lucia

Today we arrived in St. Lucia, again a port we had visited several times before.  However this time we berthed adjacent to the town, whilst P&O's sister ship the Azura berthed in our usual place.  Doreen had no complaints as we were right next to the local markets and shops.

We had decided to take an excursion to the north of the island an area we had not visited before.  Our first stop was to a typical art gallery, where we watched a lady doing Sarong painting, before venturing on to Rodney Bay, a popular resort area for tourists.

After a visit to view a Roman Catholic Church we stopped at Pigeon Point a national landmark next to the Sandals Grand luxury hotel, a more upmarket tourist area compared to Rodney Bay.  

After a brief stop we continued up the coast to the Cap Estate, known as the Beverly Hills of St. Lucia, where the million dollar houses can be found.  We stopped here at the Sea Breeze Heights for spectacular views over the coast line.  

It was now time for refreshments, so we were taken to the St. Lucia Golf and Country Club, where we relaxed for half an hour whilst drinking a rum punch.  

After a very pleasant tour we returned to the ship for lunch before we went into town to look around the local markets and shops.  After a few hours we found a very pleasant bar, where we had a beer and a Virgin Pina Colada, and used the free Wi-Fi to Factime Andrew and Nicola.  We just managed to get back on board before the heavens opened and we had heavy, heavy rain uncharacteristically for St. Lucia.

Tomorrow we have a well earned sea day before arriving in Curacao.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!