Today we headed back through Castries to Chassin, a tiny little town in the rainforest where we could try out some zip lining at Rain Forest Sky Rides. Laura and Louise, friends of Diane's who are staying in another apartment in the villa, came with us. Diane gave us more "semi" helpful directions, which included "just stop here and ask for directions." :) But it is hard to give directions here, as there are NO road signs at all! We did get there pretty easily, stopping at a big Costco-like store to ask for directions and buy a gigantic can of nuts, stopping at another intersection and calling out the window at people who were glad to point us in the right direction.
We arrived at Rain Forest Sky Rides and saw huge crowds of people; evidently a couple bus loads of cruise ship passengers had just arrived for the zip lining, too. Gavin and I were hoping to have a nice, fast, thrilling zip line, but when we saw some of the other clients (i.e. a couple that were probably in their 80s...) we guessed that it was going to be a pretty mild zip line.
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| All suited up! |
We zipped between about 9 platforms, and there was a WIMPY "Tarazan swing" - the platforms were only about 10 feet apart. We joked that we could yell like Tarazan "Ohhh ee oh ee ohhhh, ee oh ee oh" but it was so short that we could only go "Ohhh ee" and we'd be done. :) Our group was also behind all those cruise ship passengers, so we had to wait 10-15 minutes between each platform for everyone to get through. Once we finally got through all the zips, there was NOBODY in the area - the cruise people had already all left on their busses and all the employees were sitting around looking bored! I guess we should have arrived a little later. :) Overall the zip lining was fun, but pretty relaxing rather than thrilling.
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| Ready to fly! |
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| Gavin arrives at the platform. |
After zip lining we drove to Marigot Bay to have a late lunch. We ate at a delightful seaside restaurant called Chateau Mygo and enjoyed the ocean breezes. We watched sailboats, catamarans and yachts and the occasional "party boat" packed with drunk tourists dancing on board.
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| Lunch at Chateau Mygo. |
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| Marigot Bay. |
After dinner we headed back to the apartment. Laura and Louise gave us some fresh fish to grill, so we grilled on the deck for dinner. While I was cleaning up, I suddenly noticed a HUGE moth sitting watching me on the edge of the sink! That made me yelp quite loudly (Laura and Louise heard me from upstairs!) I made Gavin catch it in a tupperware and throw it outside. :) Having a phobia of bugs is quite inconvenient in the tropics. We spent the rest of the evening hanging out in the villa, sipping rum drinks, enjoying the fresh breezes.
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| Gavin made a friend this morning... :) |
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