Sunday, September 16, 2007

St. Lucia Trip



Stewart & Lucia












The Dive













Grabbing the shell that holds the engagement ring
















Popping the big question...

Showing everyone on our snorkel trip what I found below







SHE SAID YES









Snorkel Team































Our villa overlooking the cobalt waters of the Caribbean Sea












Patio of our Villa













Living Room













View 1













View 2













View 3












View 4














Second Floor - off the Bedroom













Stairs to third floor













Third floor














Marguerite bay













British Cannon from the 1800's



























Dancing on the beach













Bannana Plantations












Lucia stealing a bean from the bean tree













British monument for conquering the island













Castries - main city & port on the island




















Governor's Mansion












Castries













Catamaran Day Sail down to Anse La Raye & Soufriere












Other sailboats taking the journey around the island












The Piton Peaks tower nearly 3,000 feet above sea level












Coco Plantation



























St. Lucia Volcano














50' Waterfall

















Me drinking Rum from a Coconut














An important step to making Coco



























Ti Kaye & Bay of Pigs

"Ti Kaye" means small house in the native creole patois language of St. Lucia










This is where the English troops would store their gun powder












You may have seen this in "Pirates of the Caribbean"











Here's the old holding cells of the British troops in the 1800's.













Marigot Harbor













Overlooking Marigot Harbor



























Gros Islet













Zip Line - oh Yeah!


















Naturally I send Lucia first to test the line













Looks solid - I'll give it a go













Yehawwww!



























This is the Brig Unicorn A.K.A. "The Black Pearl" of Pirates of the Caribbean













































St. Lucia Bike Tour - a relaxing way to spend an afternoon sampling tropical fruits, seeing the wildlife and then dipping into a cool refreshing waterfall.

Yeah right - You will know what it's like to complete an Iron Man Triatholon







Hiking to the Waterfall













This is my friend Winni who runs the Zip Line in the heart of the rain forrest