Day 5 St Lucia

Dave turns 55 today! Hope there is a discount for us Senior Citizens!

Up at 7 am for our breakfast run to the Windjammer buffet. We saw some of our Cruise Critic  friends today and got the scoop on some serious partying taking place with one of the ladies .. turns out the excursion driver had to carry her back to the van after a couple or three too many! Ah vacation.. Where memories are made and lost:-)

The ship had arrived on time so we headed out early to check out the shops. My birthday present to myself is the GoPro Hero 4... It's not out yet but it's on my list:-)

We met up with our fellow zip liners at the dock and then proceeded to our bus for the 30 minute ride to the Rain Forest Adventure Park in the jungle hills of St Lucia.

We quickly got set up with top of the line Petzel rigging gear and helmets by our two guides Gimmy and Annavorn. They took us up to the practice line and after a short explanation of how it all works, away we went on a short run. It was a blast and soon we worked our way under the jungle canopy to our official starting point. Off we went! Best excursion $ we have ever spent!  We worked our way through 9 different zip lines that included a swing line (like Tarzan) from one platform to another and a 60' drop line from one of the treetop platforms.  Kelly screamed like the Geico piggy Maxwell... numerous times in fact:-)

                         Kelly completes another zip line run! Annavorn does not like pictures.

Following some pictures it was back to the zip line headquarters for a “debrief” (BTW this is code for Rum Punch!)

Our bus driver gave us a little tour on the way pointing out numerous plants and their medicinal qualities.. Like hang over remedies and male virility enhancements... Who needs those! Hell I am only 55!

Back at the dock we enjoyed some local food (Roti) and the local beer called Piton. Hey 2 for 3 bucks is a #1 reason to like this great local beer! I found some free wifi and got mail and updated FB with a picture of Kelly getting ready to zip line.

Now on board the Adventure we arrived at the cabin to find a bottle of wine, wine glasses and chocolate covered strawberries as a present to Kelly and I from Lauren & Kyle. Very nice surprise! Thanks!

Cracked the bottle and after topping up the glasses, we went pool side for some serious R&R with the wine. It was very relaxing as we enjoyed some nice Caribbean  music and watched sail away. A DH8-300 took of from the local airport right by the ship..  Looked great as it banked away from the runway... For a second Kelly thought that if I worked down here she could just relax everyday.... Ya right :-)  A Server walked by and just said "alcohol "! .. We both laughed as  "Drinks" is just too vague I guess:-)

Sail away out of Castries harbor.

Dinner is at Portofino tonight and anyone that knows me has my dinner choice figured out:-) It was good.  We took in the theater production in the Lyric Theater and then headed to the Quest competition but I was baked. Kelly slept through most of the show but we decide to go to next weeks Quest show. Back to the cabin as we were both done for the night. What a birthday!Tomorrow we are in Barbados and will hang at the Boat Yard beach for the day with the Cruise Critic gang.