St. Lucia - Day 2

Tuesday: we slept in Tuesday morning recovering from the previous days travel and evening of drinking and then got up and headed to the concierge orientation. We figured that whatever tips they had to offer might be helpful in the long run. During the orientation, we got recommendations about the excursions and the restaurants, and got a tour of the property. We also found out about a special hike that was only offered to concierge guests, which later turned out to be a really good thing, look forward to the Friday post! After the orientation, we headed out to explore :)

We found the restaurant on the beach, Mariners, and refueled with some beachy food. One of the harder things to adjust to, even more so than the time change is Island Pace. 45 min after ordering, we were almost certain that our meal order had never been put into the kitchen and that our waitress had gone snorkeling. It turns out that it was just a "little" busy that day. It didn't take us long after that to discover that there is one towel hut and when they run out it means today, you air dry. Even though on our orientation tour they told us the that we could also ask the front desk for towels, the front desk staff just laugh and say, we don't know why they tell you that. Once we got to the beach we found a beach tent and posted up. There were also some ocean floats that were anchored to the sand so that they don't drift off into the ocean, these were much coveted seats. We kept a watchful eye on said floats until one opened up. a quick run and swim later we were relaxing in a floaty circle in the ocean with delicious drinks in hand. Throughout the day we made some friends, watched the water sports, and basically did nothing!! :) there were some very entertaining 20 somethings flashing a guy in a motorless rowboat in exchange for some straw hats and coconuts, lol. once we tired of the beach, we scheduled the highly recommended "Simon Says" tour and then headed down to dinner at the baysiders restaurant. The Baysider is the main restaurant at the resort and doesn't require reservations. It's buffet style for breakfast and lunch but sit-down for dinner and is described as "International". The menu was broad and we both found some good options that we enjoyed. We made it an early night to prepare for excursion the next day.