Ocean view

Castries

Castries

Panorama from Tet Paul

Tet Paul trek

Castries capital of St Lucia

Sunset from laHaut

Well I didn't want a carved calabash

Little lizard

Botanical gardens

Soufriere from the other direction ,I'm staying up in the red roofs on the right

Spider

3 stages of cocoa production into the 3 ice creams

Cocoa tree

Rabot estate

The view from the top of Gros Piton after 2 1/2 hours hot climbing

St Vincent 27 miles south of St Lucia

Petit Piton from half way up Gros

The Pitons

Soufriere

Coconut creme brûlée

La Haut

Gros Islet house

Gros Islet Church of St Joseph

Gros Islet

Along the coast

The Marina

Rodney Bay looking towards Pigeon Island

Rodney Bay

Of course the locals came out to greet us

St Lucia

And finally 24 miles out .Land Ahoy

4 hours on

Off for 4 hours

Gourmet cuisine

There were dolphins and whales ,flying fish and turtles ,

And sunsets

There were sunrises

Orange dots marked our passage over the Atlantic

16 days later

The crew ,next stop St Lucia

The delay gave time to visit Casa de Colon ,visited by Columbus

The start was delayed by 24 hours because of the weather

Palpatine

Almost ready for the start of the ARC

Christmas decorations in Las Palmas

Testing out the lifejackets