Day 05 - 11/24 - Castries, St.Lucia

Right on time the Volendam came into the harbor and rotated 180° to face out to sea when berthed. A group of 8 of us found James of James Touring in the terminal building and agreed to hire him for 4 hours for $40/pp. When we got to his van, it would only hold 7, so he found a van driver with a large enough van to carry us and James. And off we went.


The goal was to reach the Diamond Botanical Garden & Falls at the end of the island near the Piton Peaks. We climbed and descended many narrow and twisty roads to reach the garden. There we were turned over to a local fellow with the nickname 'Mr. Google'. He did seem to gave an encyclopedic knowledge of the plants in the garden. He claimed to face a million views on YouTube, but I couldn't find any.



We returned to the ship around 1:30pm and shopped a bit in the little port plaza before reboarding the ship just after 2pm. Since we hadn't eaten since breakfast and the Lido was closed, we got some sandwiches and watched the Seahawks-Eagles football game in the Lido pool area.  

The interdenominational service at 4pm in the Wajang was led by a minister from Alaska who indicated that HAL is putting clergy on longer voyages that start and end in the USA. We ate a light dinner before watching Alan Chalmo, a mentalist we've seen before. This was followed by the quintet at the Lincoln Center Stage. 

Tomorrow is a sea day on our way to Devil's Island. 

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  1. UnknownNovember 25, 2019 at 9:38 AM

    Tim, thanks for you blog! We are on the 2020 sailing and I am following you with great interest! I'm curious about Devils Island. Our cruise has it noted only as a supply stop. Yours too? Will you be able to get off the ship?

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