Wednesday: Soufriere Tour
Wednesday we took a catamaran to the local town of Soufriere. This was an incredible day and we got to go to a local restaurant to get a feel for their cooking and we got to see the town.
This is a picture from our seats on the catamaran. We got some of the best seats right by the trampoline at the front of the boat so we got to watch the waves and enjoy the weather from there.
Here is a picture of the beautiful Piton Mountains from the catamaran.
Our first stop was to the sulphur springs. The smell wasn't too bad :) I'm told that it looks very similar to Yellowstone's sulphur springs. This is also the only drive in volcano. We were actually in the pits of a volcano that erupted long ago to make what is now the island's landscape.
Next we walked through the botanical gardens. They were beautiful and we got to see nutmeg trees and cocoa trees. St. Lucia exports cocoa to Hershey's and we got to see real cocoa straight from the trees which is white and gooey and sticky.
At the very back of the botanical garden there is the Diamond Falls. This waterfall changes colors each day based on what elements are more prevalent that day. This is also the sight of the waterfall scene in Romance & The Stone. And the botanical gardens were used in Superman 2 when he jumps off of one of the Pitons to drop down and pick a Birds of Paradise flower for Lois Lane. We were pretty excited about the movies that were filmed there and we still have plans to watch them. Also, the original Dr. Doolittle was filmed in Marigot Bay which we also visited this day. It was amazing, but the pictures didn't turn out too well from the bay.
Finally, on Wednesday night, they had the Signature Guest dinner. This was probably our best and funnest dinner of the entire week. This is where the Sandals staff prepares a special meal for Signature Guests and we got to have dinner with several of the other Sig. Guests and some of the Sandals staff. We got to sit with the funnest girl named Keitha as well as several other couples and it was so fun, not to mention that the food was incredible. Josh had THE best fish, even I could have eaten an entire meal of it. And I had surf & turf and I ate it all, which is telling when it comes to shrimp! Here is a really good picture of Josh enjoying the hors' dourves.
This is one of our favorite pictures of the whole trip. I need to crop out the umbrella, but the sunset looks amazing.
Simply beautiful.
This is a picture from our seats on the catamaran. We got some of the best seats right by the trampoline at the front of the boat so we got to watch the waves and enjoy the weather from there.
Here is a picture of the beautiful Piton Mountains from the catamaran.Our first stop was to the sulphur springs. The smell wasn't too bad :) I'm told that it looks very similar to Yellowstone's sulphur springs. This is also the only drive in volcano. We were actually in the pits of a volcano that erupted long ago to make what is now the island's landscape.Next we walked through the botanical gardens. They were beautiful and we got to see nutmeg trees and cocoa trees. St. Lucia exports cocoa to Hershey's and we got to see real cocoa straight from the trees which is white and gooey and sticky. 
At the very back of the botanical garden there is the Diamond Falls. This waterfall changes colors each day based on what elements are more prevalent that day. This is also the sight of the waterfall scene in Romance & The Stone. And the botanical gardens were used in Superman 2 when he jumps off of one of the Pitons to drop down and pick a Birds of Paradise flower for Lois Lane. We were pretty excited about the movies that were filmed there and we still have plans to watch them. Also, the original Dr. Doolittle was filmed in Marigot Bay which we also visited this day. It was amazing, but the pictures didn't turn out too well from the bay.
Finally, on Wednesday night, they had the Signature Guest dinner. This was probably our best and funnest dinner of the entire week. This is where the Sandals staff prepares a special meal for Signature Guests and we got to have dinner with several of the other Sig. Guests and some of the Sandals staff. We got to sit with the funnest girl named Keitha as well as several other couples and it was so fun, not to mention that the food was incredible. Josh had THE best fish, even I could have eaten an entire meal of it. And I had surf & turf and I ate it all, which is telling when it comes to shrimp! Here is a really good picture of Josh enjoying the hors' dourves. This is one of our favorite pictures of the whole trip. I need to crop out the umbrella, but the sunset looks amazing. Simply beautiful.