There were armed police on the jetway, scoping out everyone getting on the plane. I thought this was a bit extreme as Stephen hadn't been THAT stroppy.... However, Upper Class looked to be very empty so we guessed that there was someone "special" on the flight. Especially as three burly suited and booted blokes were inserted into the front of the immigration queue in St Lucia, apologising to us as they had to get on the same plane back. Hmmm...wonder who it was who was frolicking in the Caribbean surf this week....
Thankfully our cases made it to St Lucia at the same time as we did, so we do owe a thank you to the woman at check-in who was at least not vindictive...or perhaps there were no flights going anywhere far enough...
It takes over an hour to get to the hotel from the airport. We spent that hour in a taxi being driven by a lunatic. He was digital on the accelerator and the brake, and the steering too. I was feeling pretty sick after 1/2 hour. There were times when I had to shut my eyes and offer a quick prayer to whomever upstairs was listening...these times mostly coincided with us being stuck behind a truck which he decided to overtake from 2 cars behind, on a hill, on a blind bend... After a couple of these manoeuvres I was pretty sure that we were going to die horribly. Remember that, thanks to my tablets and consequent threat of projectile vomiting, I was stone cold sober...no cushion of alcohol to soften the peril assessment!
Rendezvous was wonderful. They've had a major refurbishment and it was kind of like turning up to meet your aunt who normally wears Marks & Spencer and finding her tricked out in Chanel. What makes the place special are the staff - and they all seemed to still be there, including our favorite barman Imran and our St Lucian auntie Angie...and they remembered us! Big hugs from all the staff in fact.
We spent the week just chillin'. Thankfully I only had to be sober the first night, as being on an all-inclusive holiday and not being allowed to have a drinkie would have been terrible! Especially as I could have champagne. I can also recommend: Spiced rum and ginger, passionfruit daiquiris, mango daiquiris and the rendezvous delight (it really was!).
Stephen often toddled off to the man-creche. He'd take a hobie cat out sailing or go take part in the activities like"fish a prize" and archery. I lay on my lounger and read books. Lots of books. Bliss! Man, it was hot though! And humid. Drip water on your shirt at lunchtime and it was still damp come dinner...
Our trip out was to the duty-free mall in the harbour. This was a fun trip! Its full of jewellery shops and when there are no cruise chips in port they are quiet and the staff are bored. Needless to say we went in them all! We had such fun in one shop...the two ladies were so funny and we wandered about from display to display in peals of laughter whilst they bedecked me in diamonds and rubies. Very clever on their part as I did end up with a couple of pieces that were gorgeous and I really liked. Very clever also to send these pieces to their display table at the managers cocktail party the next night to further tempt me! Sadly, they were rather expensive and the exchange rate wasn't great so we didn't buy them... we did have a D'oh moment when we looked in the jewellers window in Worcester on Saturday though...!
The check-in at St Lucia was absolutely great! No hassle. No Pressure. No Problem. And an upgrade to Upper Class - YES! The plane must have been oversold as there were lots of upgrades going on - we're not complaining!! It was a great flight....and a great holiday!
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