The ship is already docked when we awake. By the afternoon two more ships have docked – both bigger than ours. All looks very modern and developed. The concrete peer looks brand new and very long. The island is dryer, vegetation not as lush. Mountains are not as tall as in Dominica. There is no third-world feel here but also no high rises. There are many nice looking colorful buildings.
After breakfast we take a water taxi into downtown. It’s Sunday but many shops are open. There is a power outage and then another. Shopkeepers are nice and helpful. Not aggressive. Li buys jewelry – there are sooo many jewelry shops but also electronic and photo shops. Bianca goes on a hunt for free trinkets of jewelers to lure in customers.
Shops are owned by Dutch, run by Indians while restaurants are run by Chinese. We end up doing nothing but shopping on Front Street.
Back to the ship for lunch and then back into town once more for more shopping and also some beach time right by the water taxi dock. Traffic and tourism picks up as those two other cruise ships spill out their passengers. A couple from our ship buys a $3000+ camera kit. Bianca and Jenny buy finger nail polish from DelSol. We collect some shells on the beach and realize that we have to hurry back to the ship.
Only 10 more passengers aren’t back when we check back into the ship.
Too bad that we didn’t make it to the French side of this small island. It was drizzling on and off and not the best beach weather.
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