4/19/25

 Day 1 

Vacation has started. We woke up up and had coffee overlooking the pool. The pool over looks a beach, palm trees, ocean and mountains. What a rough life.

After coffee, we went to the grocery store. Groceries are fairly expensive, even with the conversion. Every US dollar is equal to 2.67 Eastern Carribean Dollars.

There is nothing for sale in the grocery store that is “bulk”. The beer is individually sold OR the biggest amount you can buy is a 6 pack. If you wanted a soda, you bought them one at a time, there were no 6 packs. There also was no diet soda.

We bought water, 6 apples, 4 6-packs of beer, a small bottle of vodka, some water flavor packets, deli meat and deli cheese. The prices made me want to pass out an little. Our total came to almost $271 Eastern Carribean Dollars. We spent the least amount at the group.

Mid day we decided to go to the Castries Market, which is like a big farmers market with trinkets and souvenirs for sale. Paul and I each got a little memento.

The market was busy. We walked by a spot that had standing water in a gully. There was a lot of trash in there.  There was artwork on the walls of some of the buildings.

It was HOT! We were sweating. We went back to our place and spent the afternoon in the pool. It felt GREAT!

For dinner we had a short walk to the beach. There is a little restaurant that overlooks the ocean. I ordered a margarita. The girl made it extra strong. That was fine by me!

We sat overlooking the ocean, eating our dinner and watching the crabs in the sand scurrying about. Skedaddled is a better word for how they traveled through the sand. 

Here are some pictures from the restaurant:

We went back to our place and promptly went back into the pool well after dark. The bugs are fairly non-existent. At least for me. Jason in our group has O+ blood and was bitten a few times by something. It has got to be a blood type thing.