Celebrity Eclipse Postcard #10 – Castries, St. Lucia

The showtime’s were reorganised yesterday due to the fact we didn’t sail from Barbados until 11:59. Last night was another production called The Chandelier and we ended up going to the 10:30 show. It was mildly entertaining but nothing special and not something I would be in a hurry to go and see again.

Today we arrived at St.Lucia shortly before 8:00 and once we had received clearance to go ashore we made our way down to the cruise terminal to rendezvous with our tour operator, Spencer Ambrose. We had pre-booked a beach trip by boat for today opting to use this method instead of going by road. By boat being the much quicker method of getting to the beach which is at the other end of the island. After having to wait for one couple who were not on the ship and were making their way by road to join us we eventually set off. Spencer had two boats running today and very quickly set off to our destination Jalousie Beach which is directly between the two Pitons.

The journey took just over half an hour and I suspect we went quicker than usual to try and make up some time. Jalousie beach is part of the Sugar Beach Resort and is a truly beautiful setting. A lot of ships tours go there for the snorkelling area. There used to be free sun beds on a first come first served basis but for some reason the resort have removed them so today we had to just lay our towels on the sand. This may read a bit more garbled today as I am writing even more quickly than usual. There is free WiFi at the terminal and I wanted to have everything written and ready to post when we got back. So apologise if I drop in and out of past and present tense. We spent four hours there which included a picnic lunch all for the price of $60 a head. This is less than advertised as we received a small discount for mentioning the tour on Cruise Critic. Spencer had emailed me a couple of months ago saying bookings were quiet and would I mention him on our roll call for a little discount. Job done!

Once again the easiest way to take you there is with some photos so with courtesy of the free stuff at the cruise terminal.

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