Hey all!
Yesterday was our last full day in St Lucia. A group of 8 got up early and went for a run before things heated up too much. The rest of us had a pretty laid back day - starting off with a wildlife walk (around the edge of the game park) and saw buffalo (from a distance) and zebras, as well as scratch marks on a tree left by a leopard. We're desperately hoping to see a leopard, as this is the last of the big 5 we haven't seen, however our chances are pretty slim, according to our safari guides.
After lunch we had some free time - some girls did a bit of shopping, others just relaxed around the backpackers'. Later in the afternoon, a group of us walked down to St Lucia's main beach, which was extremely wide (about 200m), and was parallel to the estuary containing hippos and crocs. We were unable to swim at this beach due to the strong rips, or in the river due to the wildlife, so basically it was a chance to take lots of photos and interact with the locals. On the way back we got quite a spectacular hippopotamus show; they were fighting and yawning and snorting, which was more interesting than they were being on the cruise a day earlier. We also saw quite a number of monkeys, which were very cute.
This morning we travelled back to Durban, and we are now just about to head off to the movies to see Madagascar 2 as a surprise for Sarah's birthday.
We'll keep you posted!!
Looks like St Lucia will be a tough place to leave-it looks so tropical and the water looks so clear and warm- there's some clips on youtube of it that we've been drooling over... Clare, if you come across any old posters with apartheid/mandela/political resistance themes like the ones from vietnam can you buy one or two if you get a chance - just post them back.. thanks... ok, see you later..looking forward to hearing from the drakensburgs
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