Location: Rodney Bay
Today was an awesome day; we got let off the boat to explore St. Lucia and Rodney Bay. We all got dropped off at Pigeon Island with day pass tickets to explore the fort there, which was super cool. Our dinghy, Nopadone, broke down on the way to shore, and some crew from a huge super-yacht owned by one of the owners of Google had to tow it back to Argo. Sadly, they didn’t invite us for a tour of their INSANE yacht. Now, Nopadone is unfortunately out of commission.
Talia, Maddy, Kara, and I all made our way into town, which took about 45 minutes on foot. When we finally got close, we realized we had to cross this huge harbor to get to the main beach. Luckily, some local fishermen invited us onto their boat and took us across, showing us some kind of St. Lucian hospitality.
The first thing we did when we hit town was get these delicious coffee frappuccino things that really reminded us of home. Then we went on a mission to get to the beach. Maddy wanted a massage, and the rest of us really wanted to hit up the floating obstacle course (Wipe-Out style). We went tubing first, and when we started our time on the floating course, we finally saw Benny and Weiser swimming out to join us. A few minutes later, Zac, Dairy, Nini, and Isaac all joined us. It became an epic game of King of the Hill, and I think it’s safe we got all our boat frustrations vented out. It was so fun.
Afterwards, we got a lunch featuring some incredible milkshakes. We found Kiki getting her hair braided by a local St. Lucian and Sylver was painting by the beach. The whole crew ended the night by meeting up for dinner in downtown St. Lucia. Half of us got Indian food while the other half went to another nice restaurant. Ben and Kackie picked us up at the end of the night, and we spent a good portion of the ride chasing balloons that were floating over the surface of the water in the bay.
Overall, 10/10 day GOTTA LOVE IT!!!!
Dear Mom, Dad, and Sarah: Sorry I forgot to write this blog until April 9th (oops exposed), so you may not see it. LOVE AND MISS YOU XOXOXOXOXOOX