28th July

28th July St Lucia Some Cloud Temp 27c
St Lucia is an island which is part of the Lesser Antilles. It has a population of approx 170000 and it's capital is Castries where we docked. It has been fought over by the British & the French with each taking control 7 times. Eventually Britain made it a colony. It is now an independent member of the Commonwealth with the Queen as it's head of state. Today we chose the ships tour 110A which left at 9.30am. Unfortunately due to a mixup Coral was not on the same tour. Our tour took us first to St Marks a colonial mansion where we were given a tour of the house plus refreshments including some Rum Punch. The views of Castries form here were spectacular. Next it was onto another lookout over looking Marigot Bay another beautiful stop. This bay is used during hurricanes as a place to shelter yachts. Next we visited Caribelle Batik where we had a demonstration of Batik dyeing. Finally we went to a rum distillery for a tour of the plant plus the opportunity to taste over 20 different rums. Needless to say we did not try all 20 but we did try the Banana Cream, Coconut Cream and the Nut Cream and we are bringing a bottle of each home with us. Coral says even though her tour was not the one she booked it was a good one and she enjoyed it.
For entertainment tonight we went to the Princess Theatre to listen to Antonio Salci a pianist perform with the Dawn Princess Orchestra. He was very good and they were queued up to buy his CD afterwards.