Thomas blew away our plans...

Hurricane Thomas hit the island of St. Lucia in early November and they are still putting everything back together. We were told that we could not check into our original hotel until 2 days after our reservation was supposed to begin. Trying to keep things positive, we booked a hotel in Soufriere, a local town along the west side of the island. We stayed at the Mago Hotel, where our rooms were basically outside. The hotel was built into the side of the mountain, so we had three walls and it opened up to the outside view of the ocean and Petit Piton (a mountain). It was almost like staying in a little cave.

Soufriere was neat because it was a very small town. By the end of our 2nd night we could walk down the streets and people would recognize us. We basically met some really nice, welcoming, short term friends :) That's the thing about St. Lucia, the people are really relaxed and friendly. For example, a souvenir shop owner from London saw us the evening after we went into her store. She said hello and we hung out with her two daughters during dinner. Our taxi driver, Christopher, was really cool too- I'd use his services again.

Today, Christopher, our Taxi driver took us back to the airport, where a shuttle was supposed to pick us up at 1 o' clock to take us to the Almond Morgan Bay Resort (The sister hotel of where we were originally supposed to stay but is still not ready). No one was there at 1 o' clock, so we called the hotel. They said we had to get to the original hotel first and then they would shuttle us to the Almond at 4 O' CLOCK. We didnt want to pay for another overpriced Taxi ride, so we walked from the airport rolling our 50lbs bag.... whew! (If I've learned anything from this trip it's to pack less. Actually I should not be complaining, Cheryl rolled it most of the way. That's what older siblings are for!) We are now waiting for our shuttle...

The Almond Morgan Bay Resort seems as though it is going to be nice for our last 3 nights. We've had a lot of irritating moments, but being in St. Lucia is still pretty awesome! I would recommend it to anyone, if you've ever been to Hawaii-it's very similar, just not as Americanized because it's well, not America. lol

Travel Blog

I have decided to keep this blog as a journal for all my travels (not that I travel that often).

I am flying out of LAX on Wednesday to go to the island of St. Lucia with my older sister Cheryl!

In May, my sister and I were looking into Costco's travel packages and we found a great deal for a 5 night stay in St. Lucia. It was a pretty random-spur of the moment kind of booking, but I guess that's what keeps my life a bit more interesting. We are staying at Coconut Bay Resort and Spa. This hotel has a water park, is right on the beach, and has fun adventure trips (like hiking and zip lining) for an extra cost. The package we got includes: to and from airport services, a 'welcome' drink on arrival, access to the water park, 20$ to spend at the resort each day, breakfast lunch and dinner each day, and free alcohol at all 3 bars, including the swim up pool bar (uh oh)! We are really looking forward to our adventure together. Hopefully there won't be any airline incidents like the one I had going to India.

Here is the link to the hotel we are going to if you want to check it out: http://www.cbayresort.com/