Saint Lucia Vacation 2017 (page 3 of 10)

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Greta's blog (Day 3, February 18th 2017):

Ah, waking up in paradise again! Our dive shop pick up was a little later this morning as we didn’t have to worry about any last-minute training this morning (which we didn’t need yesterday either). A quick breakfast in the room and then we headed down to the main office where 3 other guys were also going diving with Dive Saint Lucia. The boat headed out to a location for both dives for the day. That morning, we dove in a marine-reserve area after working on a few skills (remove your BCD above water, remove a weight & replace it) and then a few more skills including removing your mask & putting it back on under water as well as doing compass work. Then it was just swimming around, looking at the fish & coral. We saw many different fish, including a trigger fish (and others I don’t know the name of) and lots of beautiful coral. As always, the dive ended too soon, but one needs air to stay under longer and that is a limited supply. Each dive usually takes around 40-45 minutes.

After surfacing, we had lunch. Again, it was a curry chicken dish (whole pieces of dark chicken, cooked in a wonderful curry sauce), with a salad, red beans and a side of a fruit/vegetable that I am not sure what it was (he said something like dashi, but I’m not sure what it was). The food was very filling and very welcome after being underwater for ¾ of an hour.

The next dive was a wreck drive! We didn’t actually go INTO the sunken freighter ship, but swam all around it and saw many impressive fish. All shapes & sizes & colors – it was amazing. Mike brought his new GoPro with, so we got some great video & pics of that dive. That was also our deepest dive, so we are now certified to 18 M or 60 feet. It’s really amazing that you’re that deep but it doesn’t really feel like you’re down so far – I kept thinking it was no different than snorkeling … except that you’re far underwater & can’t just lift your head up to breathe! At least you don’t need to worry about sunburn unless you’re on the top level of the boat.

After that, we headed back in and relaxed at the room a bit. Then we headed out for our first off-site-while-driving adventure – the grocery store. We’d seen it going to/from the dive shop, and a couple of the guys going diving from Windjammer’s had recommended it. So off we went to Massey’s supermarket. After plugging in the name to Google Maps, we were told it closed in 12 minutes. NOT HELPFUL. But we set the nav to the store and after specifying “Yes, we understand that it will close one minute after our arrival” it began giving directions. Google said “you have arrived” on a back street, but after walking the long way around, we found it – the entrance was inside a parking garage. Fortunately, the doors stated that it closed at 10 pm, not 6 pm, so we didn’t have to madly rush through the aisles. We picked up some basic breakfast staples, a few snacks and some beverages (diet pop is not very popular here), and headed back to the resort. We opted for the shuttle to take us back to our room. One of the guests recommended Papa Don’s – an Italian restaurant close to our villa – so we’ll definitely have to try that.

Once everything was put away, we headed out to Laurel’s. It’s a restaurant off-site, but on the side road that leads to Windjammer. It got some good reviews on Trip Advisor, so we thought we’d try it out for some local food. Unfortunately, the restaurant was already closed and only the bar was open at 8 pm. It was too loud to understand what the bartender was saying (as to when it would be open) so maybe this won’t be an option in the future week. We’d tried calling once but no one answered.

So we headed into town, and Google listed a few different restaurants close by. One of them was an Indian Tandoori restaurant that Greta had seen a large advertisement sign on the road to the dive shop, so we tried that. It turns out a handful of different restaurants are on that same street, and parking was available, so this seemed like a good bet.

Razmataz was the name. The food was EXCELLENT! Eating Indian food in the West Indies certainly is a treat. Mike had a couple “dirty banana” drinks, and Greta had a blue drink called “Saint Lucian Delight” followed by a glass of wine with dinner. We had an appetizer of tandoori shrimp with various sauces & pickled onions. Mike ordered the Geere Garlic Lamb and Greta had Tandoori Fish. We had sides of rice & garlic naan. Everything was WONDERFUL. We’d definitely recommend it to anyone who is coming here. We had an outdoor covered patio table which was great – it was still quite warm, and although it rained on/off the entire meal, we stayed warm & dry.

Then back to the resort with no issues - which is always a plus driving on the left-hand side of the road in crazy traffic in the dark!

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