Once we left the Bay Garden's Inn (the above picture is form our last night at the Bay Garden's Inn) and moved to the St. Lucian by Rex Resorts, we didn't have wireless Internet. I'm going to try and write out some long entries because we did so much in St. Lucia and I will put up a ton of pictures of beautiful St. Lucia. Tuesday, April 29, 2008: Check into our little piece of Heaven
We spent the day hanging out at the St. Lucian. We couldn't check in until 3:00 so we read books in the bar, had lunch, walked around the three Rex resorts, and enjoyed the beach a bit. After we got checked into the hotel, we went to the swim up bar in the pool. Let me tell you that an all inclusive meal/drink plan can give you more than your money's worth. We drank, ate, and enjoyed the activities to our hearts content--It was such a blast! The below picture is of the hotel lobby/bar where the entrainment occurred at night and the second picture is of the ocean from one of the pools.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008: Beach Bums
We got up early and had breakfast.
We rushed and changed into our bathing suits because we had some serious beach bathing to do. The beach in St. Lucia was BEATUIFUL (see the picture to the right...that was my view). The white sand makes the Caribbean sea look so much more blue than in Dominica, with the black sand beaches. The ocean in this bay wasn't as calm as it is in Dominica. There was much more variety in the waves in St. Lucia. For example, at one point they would push you over they are so strong and the next they are almost as clam as bath water. It was strange. We went to lunch at the Mariner's Restaurant, which is right on the water (and part of the all inclusive plan). Next we went back to the beach, then retired to the pool and the swim up bar for the rest of the afternoon. After enjoying the St. Lucian sun set, we got ready and went to dinner. Like a cruse ship, you must get dressed up for dinner. Wednesday night might have been the best dinner, it was a candlelight barbecue on the patio near the pool (with the bar). The food was great and the atmosphere was even better. After that, we went to the evening music and heard a great singer/pianist. Below is a picture from after dinner when we were listening to the singer/pianist. I think the camera was set on the wrong setting so it is a little blurry.
We rushed and changed into our bathing suits because we had some serious beach bathing to do. The beach in St. Lucia was BEATUIFUL (see the picture to the right...that was my view). The white sand makes the Caribbean sea look so much more blue than in Dominica, with the black sand beaches. The ocean in this bay wasn't as calm as it is in Dominica. There was much more variety in the waves in St. Lucia. For example, at one point they would push you over they are so strong and the next they are almost as clam as bath water. It was strange. We went to lunch at the Mariner's Restaurant, which is right on the water (and part of the all inclusive plan). Next we went back to the beach, then retired to the pool and the swim up bar for the rest of the afternoon. After enjoying the St. Lucian sun set, we got ready and went to dinner. Like a cruse ship, you must get dressed up for dinner. Wednesday night might have been the best dinner, it was a candlelight barbecue on the patio near the pool (with the bar). The food was great and the atmosphere was even better. After that, we went to the evening music and heard a great singer/pianist. Below is a picture from after dinner when we were listening to the singer/pianist. I think the camera was set on the wrong setting so it is a little blurry.
Thursday, May 1st, 2008: St. Lucian Labor dayPretty much everything was closed on the island for the Labor Day holiday and the locals were enjoying the beautiful beaches. We went to breakfast early again and headed right down to the beach. Again, we read books while lounging on the beach and again we went to the Mariner's Restaurant for lunch. After lunch we rented a paddle boat (for free...all inclusive is GREAT). Farley can't remember if we went snorkeling or paddle boating first, but I'm pretty first we went paddle boating first. Anyway, this stupid boat wouldn't go in a straight line for the life of me. We had to keep going back and forth to try to go straight, but we ended up just going in circles. It is a good thing we had no where to go. We paddled around like crazy people for about 30 minutes, then the water got choppy and thankfully we managed to get to shore, rather than drifting off to sea and ending up in Martinque. Upon returning the paddle boat to shore, we realized that this stupid boat had a rudder much smaller than needed. After that fun, we went back to the pool to read books and enjoy the swim up pool bar (are you catching a pattern yet?). After the beautiful sunset, we got dressed up for dinner. This time we went to dinner in the Oriental Restaurant, which is the fancy dancy restaurant in the hotel. It wasn't included in the all inclusive plan, but we got a credit but we were careful and didn't spend too much more (below are pictures of us in the restaurant and the food). The entertainment for the night was "Diamond Steel." Boy, did I LOVE the steel orchestra. They were crazy fun! They danced and played great music. They did lots of covers of songs that one would expect, such as "No Women, No Cry" and they did even more things that you wouldn't expect such as Shakira, "Hips Don't Lie"; Enya, "Only Time"; Gershwin, "Summertime". The funny thing was that there was one girl in the group, who was positioned right in the middle of the group. She was the only one who didn't dance. She stood with her arms crossed between songs and had a "very serious" look on her face the whole time. The rest of the group was dancing and laughing the whole time.
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