When we arrived at Morne Pavillion, it became a shady walk in the woods, although a little on the uphill side. At the top of the hill, we enjoyed looking at the WWII artifacts and imagined just what was here in the days. We also came across ruins of a large building being taken over by the trees. We were told that this was a house that was under construction in the early 1960;s. Construction stopped when the owner could not use up the materials quicker than they were walking away from the site. It was that man's son who donated all the land to the St. Lucia Heritage Trust. The views of the mountains and shoreline along the south and the view of the topography of Martinique to the north were breathtaking!
When we walked back down the hill and back onto the highway, Lorna suggested a 1 mile detour, which I thought was amazing since she was really feeling the distance and the heat of the walk. Come to find out that she knew where to get a wonderfully decadent lunch at the Golf Course! So, off we went. After ordering a round of ice cold piton beer, we ducked into the washroom only to find it was the best one we had ever seen here in the Caribbean. Kristin even took the time to wash her feet and clean up her blisters. She had scraped her foot pretty badly about 4 days before this while cleaning barnacles off the bottom of their boat, Silk Pajamas! She was a trooper to even tackle the walk since her sandals directly rubbed the scrape. Well, no one from the golf club noticed and she left the room clean and tidy! Imagine, running water, soap, toilet paper and paper towel all in the same washroom. That was a 5 star event!
On the way from the restaurant, we stopped by an abandoned restaurant. We could only think that it went defunct in or around 2008 with the economy troubles. The vegetation was taking over and so far, very little vandalism had occurred. It looked like it was beautiful at one time.
We arrived back at our boats late in the afternoon after leaving at 10:00 that morning!! What a great day!
The other pictures were taken up in Martinique of a sweet turtle in Grand Anse D'Arlet.
You'll also see all the beach toys the large cruise ship took to the beach for the folks to play with!
Also, the cockpit pictures are from an evening with Denis and Arleen, Lorna and Brian, Glen and Jenny, Kristin and Terry and of course ourselves!
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