Farley and I took off for St. Lucia today. In fact, I'm writing this little note on the balcony of the hotel overlooking the bar/live band. We decided to save some money and take the ferry system to St. Lucia. We left our apartments at 9:00 this morning for the capital city of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Roseau. We were at the ferry dock about 2 hours earlier than we needed to be, so we enjoyed the view of the sea from the deck. Then we boarded our boat. I was so excited, having taken my anti-nausea medicine hours previously and the boat was beautiful and well kept. Well, I always feel yucky on a boat, but I usually don't take medicine so I thought I'd be okay. I was wrong.
I got really hot, my erector pilli contracted (the muscles that make the hairs on your arms and legs), I had goosebumps, I was sweating like a pig, and then it happened: I got sick. This lasted for the two hour trip to Martinique. There we stopped and they straightened up the boat and new passengers boarded. Then there was another hour and twenty minute ride to St. Lucia. This time I was prepared, once we left the guarded waters of the island I promptly put my head between my legs. You really know that your a medical student when you are paying very close attention to your symptoms to try and figure out why your body reacts in such a manner rather than being concerned about being sick. We finally landed in St. Lucia and if I do say so myself, the customs guy was kinda mean. Geeze, I wasn't rude to him and he was mean to everyone---even a single women traveling with a small child.
We made our way to our hotel for the next two nights: The Bay Garden Hotel. We will then move onto an all inclusive hotel just down the road for the final six days of the trip: The St. Lucian by Rex Resorts. Believe it or not, this island is very different than Dominica. If you were to base it solely upon the land, than no they are not very different. However, St. Lucia has a lot more money and is much more developed. Today was the first time I've seen a stop light since leaving Miami in January.
I'm still not feeling up to par so I think I'll end this little note. St. Lucia is beautiful and I wish you could all see it too. If you check out Farley's post, you can see a pictorial of our trip. In the end, I'm glad we took the boat despite the rough trip. Flying would have been much more expensive and we probably would have had to fly to San Juan, if we could get a flight into St. Lucia at all. See, the international Jazz festival starts in a couple days so St. Lucia is a hopping spot right now. We have to leave to start the semester before the big names of the festival play, but we should be able to catch some great jazz before we leave (besides the blues/R&B at the bar in the hotel).
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