Wildlife in St. Lucia

Here we are with another beautiful morning in St. Lucia.

The estuary is over THERE!

We decided to explore a bit (can't explore too much, St. Lucia is quite small) and found that there is a boardwalk, about a kilometer long, linking the estuary on the South side of the village to the beach. Winds through trees and alongside the estuary - just beautiful.

This short trip allowed us to see about ten hippos in shallow water, two buck crossing the road, a few monkeys swinging in the trees and some meerkats looking for food to swipe. Just awesome.

Bring on the FISH!

Staff singing and dancing at 8.00 am

Which made us hungry too. One of the highlights of the trip to St. Lucia is going to the Ocean Basket Restaurant for fish and chips. We have tried lots of the branches of this franchise, but what is presented at the St. Lucia branch is The Best! It also adjoins a Portuguese restaurant called Braza which is owned by the same guy. With mommy being Portuguese, and St. Lucia being quite close to the Mozambique border there is always a waiter to speak Portuguese to, who comes from the same area Mommy was born. Braza does Portuguese, Mozambican and Brazilian food, with Mommy having Sardines with vegetables done the Mozambican way, and Daddy the Prego Steak Roll, accompanied by a bottle of Graca to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Another pleasant surprise, was the staff at Perna-Perna getting together at 8.00 in the morning to sing hymns to start the day. The staff make the difference here as every effort is made to make ones stay pleasant, with a welcoming cool glass of juice and popcorn, smiles and pleasant greetings from all. A lovely stay at a luxury chalet. Flatscreen tv's upstairs and downstairs, aircon, granite fitted kitchen with all utensils and equipment. Even a lock=up garage for the Harley.

More tomorrow.