Post #706690 by danlovestikis on Tue, Feb 4, 2014 8:23 AM

MadDogMike I offered Dan and Tutu and he said that he would always prefer a tiki present. Good idea though.

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Tiki and more colorful tikis are found on the island of ST. LUCIA. This island is a tropical paradise and we took a hundred photos while there. Here are my favorites.

Check out the bay behind the tiki.

There's always shopping at each stop and here we are with Polynesian Pattie.

There is an old town called Hood near where we live. The building lean on each other. I saw one in St. Lucia and snapped this photo from the bus.

This one also, I was lucky to get it.

At the next shop you got to hold a python for $2. I guess they bite because he taught me how to hold its head before he lowered it onto my shoulders. I like lizards too.

This was the last tiki I saw. It had a sign on its head announcing that a garden was open for touring.

We made our next stop to view these two huge rocks called Petit and Gros Piton.

We visited a tropical forest with mineral springs.

Many of our group soaked in the mineral baths. Two women slipped in suntan oil. Both were taken to the hospital, one with a compound fracture of her arm. She never made it back to the ship. The other lady was in a sling for the rest of the trip.

We took it easy and enjoyed the foliage. We walked all the paths that we could find and I took photos for future paintings.

One path led us to the waterfall that feeds the baths. These are all geothermal springs and the water is warm. I was a tour guide in Yellowstone National Park and this brought back lots of memories of hot potting.

Back on the ship we sailed away.

Our last event of the day was to enjoy a Beatles impersonators concert. It was so good that Dan went back for the second show.

Three islands left. Cheers, Wendy