Back Half of the Work Week!

As I've mentioned before, there's not much I can get up to Monday to Friday. I get up, go to work, get home around 5:30 or 6, and the sunsets at about 6:30. I don't have a car, and walking that gravel road by myself in the dark is always slightly unnerving (although I do it quite often anyway). So when I get home I eat, do some laundry/ironing, then sit on the couch for a few hours until it's bedtime. The cable has been out since the weekend and the internet is painfully slow for someone used to megabit speeds and a constant stream of entertainment and information, so my options to entertain myself are limited.

The weekday grind gets a change tomorrow, when my project manager gets in to St. Lucia. He's my semi-boss, middle aged with kids and my roommate. So that will be... interesting.

But more than anything, I look forward to the weekends in St. Lucia when I am free to really experience the island. Here are the few things I've got planned for this weekend:

1. Go to the capital, Castries
2. While in Castries, get my phone unlocked so I can pop in a local SIM card and start calling and texting people again.
3. Check out the Castrie's art and farmer's markets
4. Go on an exploratory mission to Marigot Bay (what is supposed to be one of the more scenic areas of the island) and check out the Doolittles bar, unbehalf of an interested YK buyer (I briefly looked it up. It's ranked 6 out of 7 for bars in Marigot Bay. Less than promising...)
5. Actually spend time on the beach. Something I have yet to do despite the beach being - literally - two minutes away.
6. Hike Pigeon Island. This thing:It's supposed to afford you great views of Rodney Bay. Where my path to the beach comes out is on the exact opposite end of the beach that Pigeon Island is the bookend of.
   

So for now, I guess I'm living for the weekend!