Last night, we attempted to get our favourite Soufriere boatman, Shane, and his family together on Cat Tales for a meal. However, Shane and his girlfriend Stella are on the outs; so Shane brought his 5 year old son: Sharvon, Shane’s 7 year old cousin by his mother’s sister: Nikki, and his 11 year old niece: Courtney. Dawn began a sweet-n-sour chicken stir fry with rice, while I showed the young-uns around the boat. After that, we provided them with some puzzles from a childrens’ book Dawn had purchased. They were quite fun and funny, although very, very shy. As we started the meal, however, Nicki became withdrawn, and Shane suggested she was used to earlier times and we let her lay down. It was only at the end of the meal that she lost her cookies, and we realized she was very seasick. We feel very bad about it – three adults partying away, and ignoring the fact that a child under our care was unnecessarily going through hell. Well, the other two had a good time, as did we; and we hope we can return some day and make it up to Nikki.
Courtney pictured above.
Nikki and Sharvon, early on when Nikki was feeling fine!
Shane and his son Sharvon
Sharvon doing the Moondance to Michael Jackson...a big hit with the crowd!
Courtney and Sharvon checking out the stir fry from above the stove!
Dawn and I just got back from a hike up to a Canadian restaurant called La Haut. The hike took us 770 feet above the town, along a winding road. Brian and Lorna will remember that they hiked up with us to this restaurant in the spring of 2005. Just like then, the hike was worth it. We had a great meal, a soak in their pool, and a nice read in absolutely beautiful surroundings. It was a great Monday. Some good pictures of the place can be found on their website: http://www.lahaut.com/ , although, I think Dawn also has some pictures to add.
We also wish to share with you a bit of conspicuous consumption that just dropped into the bay. The 387 foot “giga” yacht called just “A” is one of the strangest things we’ve seen so far. You have to go to the link below the picture to see more photos!
After getting back to the boat I googled "A" yachts and found information on it. For example, to fill the fuel tank it would cost approximately 1 million Euros, which would be around 1.4 million dollars US!! Check it out by going to this site: Giga Yacht "A".
