Picture is of The Pitons (on the right)


On Thursday 2/2/12 we left St. Vincent about 8:15 am and arrive in Soufriere, St. Lucia about 3:30. We had to take a mooring ball and the guys ran Dale in to customs to get him checked in. This is a very pretty area and it is known for The Pitons - 2 big hills on the island. It is in a protected marine park area and we expected to pay all the fees. Strangely, they did not charge us. Yippee!
On Friday we got up and tried to decide what to do. You can visit the Volcano or go to the sulpher springs or snorkel, etc. The taxi's (who normally serve as tour guides) were quoting $180 US to take us on a tour - too much. Then the mooring ball guy came over and told us we owed him another $50 ec to stay. Yesterday he told us the $50 ec covered 2 nights. Well - we just decided to leave. We had also heard there is a lot of theft in this area so the mooring ball incident just made the decision.
Funny-there was another yacht waiting for the ball before we were even off of it!!