15th & 16th January

15th & 16th January
Saturday. After spending time catching-up on my netbook (have to sit in the lounge for this as no Wi-Fi connection in my room at the moment) spent time in the beautiful gardens around the hotel. The views from these gardens are truly something. After lunch spent time with Wendy one of the volunteers. I have made a new friend with Wendy, we get along so well and she has been very helpful to me, so I will be mentioning her in my blog from now on. Well, a very relaxing day which has been so nice after busy school life.

Sunday. Today six of us set out on a walk to a lighthouse. Bear in mind it is very hilly on this island and from this hotel some steep bits. We had with us a nice chap (Anthony who is a guest here and running is one of his hobbies) so he was our leader and managed to stay with us and not suddenly run off . Once we got down on the beach I could see the lighthouse high up in the distance. Thought no way can I do this in the heat so I stayed on the beach while the others made the trek up. This is where I made a St Lucian friend called Agnes. She runs a make shift tea, coffee, cold drink stall. I sat with her in the shade having a fresh orange drink and a piece of her home made cake, delicious. Agnes was so nice and would you believe she is an AVON rep, she was browsing through the catalogue when I sat down with her. When the group came back looking very hot I said cheerio to Agnes as we had a short walk to the bus back to hotel. I’m going to do that walk again to see Agnes and have another piece of that cake!!!!!!
This afternoon Rum tasting in the hotel, need I say any more. I have thoroughly enjoyed this first weekend at the Bel Jou.