St. Lucia, here we come!

We're married!! We left the reception and headed to the airport where we stayed the night at the Hyatt before rising bright and early to catch a very, very early flight. Some of our wonderful bridesmaids and groomsmen even ran by the hotel to bring the ipod that we forgot and pick up our tux and dress :) 

Once we landed in St. Lucia, we had an hour ride up to our resort, at the top of the island. The resort was beautiful. We had a perfect view from our room. 

Our room was up on the "bluff", which was the perfect location. We were right across the street from one of the smaller, quieter pools, as well as a restaurant that had breakfast, lunch and dinner. We were just a short walk up the hill from the main lobby and pool, which translates to "we got our exercise everyday" :) 

Our first night there, we got dinner at a pub, right off the lobby. Let me just say, we did not let the "all inclusive" part of the honeymoon go to waste! If there was an appetizer and dessert offered with our lunch or dinner, you can bet we got it ;)

Day 1: We had breakfast in the main restaurant, where we enjoyed a variety of breakfast foods. While we were enjoying our breakfast, one of the "event coach's" asked if he could join us. I forget his name, but he had a great sense of humor and loved his job. During our breakfast, he convinced Kyle and I that we needed to be a part of the "carnival" that afternoon, so we told him we'd check it out. 

After breakfast we walked out to the pool to lounge and enjoy the sun. We played a "fishing" game, and although we lost, still had a good time playing :)

While relaxing at the pool, Kyle went up to the lobby to sign us up for a few adventures during the next few days, as well as getting us reservations for dinner later that week. At around one o'clock, we headed over to the tennis courts to see what this "carnival" was all about. Let's just say, we should have stayed at the pool, because we ended up walking  around the resort looking like this...

After the carnival, we were hot and tired, so we headed up to the pool across from our room to cool off and relax. 

Some of the restaurants at the resort require reservations for dinner, while others don't. We decided to try one of the restaurants that didn't, and figured if we couldn't get a seat, we could wait for the night carnival at the beach to eat. But we were able to get a seat at The Pitons restaurant, and had a wonderful dinner. The Pitons are the two mountains St. Lucia is known for. 

After dinner we walked down the beach to check out the night carnival. There was a great steel drum band, and of course, more food! After dessert (of course) we headed back to our room to call it a night and great ready for a busy next day...


Day 2: After another wonderful breakfast, we headed up to the lobby to catch our bus that would take us to the zip-lines. We had an awesome tour guide, Greg, who pointed out all the St. Lucian sights and products. We stopped along the way to see a spot where part of "Pirates of the Caribbean" was filmed. 


When we arrived at the zip lines we were informed that we needed to wear shower caps under our helmets, or we could purchase bandanas...so bandanas it was :)  


Despite the rain, we had an awesome time zipping from tree to tree, taking pictures and videos, just enjoying the beautiful nature all around us.  

When the zip lines were done, we made our way back to the resort. Our tour guide, Greg, entertained us with St. Lucian history, along with letting us sample some of the island's natural treats...

We even got to stop and take a few pictures of the beautiful sights...

When we got back to the resort, we quickly showered and headed over to one of the other resorts for dinner at The Pier. The wait was over an hour, so we decided to take a walk into town and check out a local shopping center recommended by Greg. We must have got there too late, because most of the shops were closed, but we had a fun walk :) Dinner was wonderful, and it was cool getting to see one of the other resorts. 

Once back at our resort, it was off to bed again to get ready for another busy day to follow...


Day 3: Another great breakfast done and over, we headed back to the lobby to catch our bus that would take us to the marina for our "Sea and Land tour". We boarded the catamaran and tried to find a dry spot to sit for our voyage down the coast of St. Lucia. 

As we left the marina in Castries, we saw numerous cruise ships docked. In the next picture, if you look over the girl that's standing up head, you'll see our room...it's the orange building just to the left of her head. (I guess it's kinda hard to see, but you get the idea :))

Our boat docked in the town of Soufriere, where we were getting off to walk through the volcano, see the botanical gardens and eat an authentic St. Lucian lunch at a local restaurant. 

At the restaurant, there was a gift shop with an adorable little boy named "Kyle" standing outside, counting the number of customers that went in and out.

Back aboard the boat, we headed up the coast to do some snorkeling. Unfortunately, we didn't take any pictures of us in our snorkeling gear, but we did get a few after :)

That evening, we had a reservation at Kimono's, a Japenese Hibachi steakhouse. It was a very fun dinner, starting with the "woo-woo", ending with our hilarious "black-enese" chef :)

Day 4: Our last full day was a day full of relaxing and enjoying our resort. We started with an awesome breakfast in bed...

Followed by time lounging at the pool (I think I could do this everyday :)) Then dinner reservations at my favorite restaurant, La Toc. It was an absolutely delicious French restaurant!

After dinner, we headed down to the lobby for a fun casino night, although our play money didn't last very long :) Back at our room, we had a fun surprise waiting on our bed...

We couldn't have asked for a better honeymoon. it was wonderful getting to spend our time together doing all of these fun things. We were looking forward to coming back as a newly married couple, but definitely a little sad to be leaving.