We gave the strawberries a miss at the equivalent of £12.50 a punnet but managed to get almost everything else that had been put onto our shopping list by the girls. We then all sat and had our breakfast together on the terrace admiring again the ‘million dollars’ view. It was fabulous. The additional touches the villa needs couldn’t distract from the view from the balcony.
After moving the car to a different parkin area, we walked to the Sulphur Baths. This was great fun. We all changed into our swimming costumes before getting into the 38c Black Sulphuric Water. It was like being in a public Hot Tub. Now this water is supposed be very therapeutic for you. The claim is that you come out looking 10 years younger. Following a 10-minute dip we all got out into the beautiful 28c sunshine. We were then invited to covered ourselves and each other all over in a light grey mud which acts like an exfoliant and dries to an even lighter colour. Then you invited to paint yourself and each other in a dark black mud. It is great fun and we had lots of laughs doing it.
To wash off the mud there are some basic showers with just refreshing cold water available. It took a bit off effort under the cold water to remove all traces of the sulphur but was well worth it.
On the way back to the villa we stopped again at the Supermarket to pick up another fresh baguette as well as a bottle of gin for later. We sat for a couple of lovely hours on the balcony. Then we decided to hold our tasting competition of the bars we had each made the day before at Project Chocolat. We all sampled our own before trying each other’s. The unanimous winner was Jo’s which tasted like something we could have bought and liked. Mine was voted second best which I thought was fair. Grahams came last as it tasted like we were just eating sugar which overpowered the Cacao flavour. He more than made up for us by then working as Chef Graham and making us all a delicious omelette each for lunch.
Eventually it cleared and we thought we should really try out the infinity pool. The water was not heated but was an acceptable temperature. The steps were not long enough to get in and so it was a leap of faith from the bottom step to the bottom of the pool but in the end even Karen managed it. It was beautifully refreshing and gave us a different perspective of the garden and the view.
Graham & I both had the beef stuffed with blue cheese with Dasheen Chips. We had to look up what Dasheen actually was. The chips were good and almost potato like. It was by far the best meal we have had this trip. How very brave and exotic of me to even try such things.
It had been another really good day. We like St Lucia a lot. Whether we like it enough to come back again we are not sure. We may only be here for another couple of days and by then we think we will have seen the best of it. If another Caribbean trip is considered then it would probably to another island to give that a try.