Sunday, August 31, 2014

August - Touring St. Lucia

 It's not all work.  We often have a little time to see some sites.  We had a half day to see a bit of the country. 
 
Really cool double tunnel.
 

I want a mobile pizza van.

Canaries.  OK, don't look for birds.  That's the name of the town.

 The Pitons.  Soufriere is the town at the base.  Soufriere is French for sulphur.  It gets the name because of the sulphur that comes from the volcano near here.

A view of Soufriere the town at the base of the Pitons.

We had to have a picture with the Pitons in the background. 

Waterfall in the Botanical Garden. 

Good looking gal found at the waterfall.  Wonder if we go back if she will still be there.

Sometimes the foreground gets cluttered. 

Sister Moore at the original bath house at the Sulpher Springs and Mineral Bath.

See my name is not that unusual. 

Inside the volcano.  We live just a day trip from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA but still had to go see the volcano up-close.

Why are they smiling?  They are in a volcano and it smells like sulpher. 

Point to point.

Pirate ship in the harbor. 

Cool little hole in the rock.  This was at Canaries. 

 Wouldn't you know it Elder Moore is on the beach again.

 Really loved the paint job.  A building in Castries. 
 


August - St. Lucia Project

 We had a project to supply materials for an After School Project in St. Lucia.  They have a program to help young people have place to go where they learn and participate in activities.  The parents and teachers of those who participate say that they can see a difference in their attitude and school performance.
 
Sister Moore is posing by the Suzuki Swift we rented to get around the island.  The backdrop is the Cemetery at the end of the runway at the airport.  (Convenient if there is a plane accident.) 
 
Sister Moore enjoying our "Continental Breakfast".  We went to the store and bought things that we could keep in the refrigerator so we could eat breakfast in our room. 

Elder and Sister Moore with the Permanent Secretary Department of Social Transformation, Mrs. Joseph (the project champion), and Elder Gubler. 
 
Shopping for the supplies for the After School Project with Mrs. Joseph.  Just part of the list: 1000 pencils, 700 pens, 300 pack of crayons, 800 notebooks, etc.

The harbor. 
 
Eating at a local restaurant.  Good food. 

It was raining when we were to get on the place to leave.  See the people in blue in the background, they are wearing plastic raincoats provided by Liat the Caribbean Airline.

I said it was raining.


 


August - St. Lucia Flowers

Sister Moore got loose with the camera again.  This time in St. Lucia. 
 
 
 

 
 
  

Heliconia. 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

Cocoa pod growing on tree. 

Another cocoa pod. 

 Best looking flower of the bunch.  Okay Elder Moore got the camera back temporarily.

 

 
 
 

Bananas hanging on the tree and wrapped in plastic.



Heliconia.