Poinsettia Villa Apartments
- August 7, 2009
- Rated 5 of 5 by
irclay from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Pioinsettia Apartment are very central to everything and a great place to come home to. The view is fabulous. Its on a hill nestled between peaks and nature. The Egrets nest along the lagoon/inlet at the foot of the hill and are a lovely sight in early mooring and at sunset. Poinsettia Apartments are really like townhouses - all apartments have their own entrance many with both a front and a back door and a garden patio.
I took a day catamaran cruise to the pitons, arranged by Poinsettia. The folks we were with just kept saying awesome and it was. It was an early morning start from the jetty at the foot of Poinsettia hill and very easy to get to. We were greeted by friendly and fun crew and rum punch
We sailed for about an hour when the pitons came into sight. Magnificent steeples, like tall centurions standing guard on Soufriere!
The St. Lucia Soufrire volcano and sulphur springs is the only drive-in volcano in the world. It used to be that you could drive your right up to a spring and boil eggs in the mud. It is fenced off now as someone fell into boiling mud and was badly burned.
The water has therapeutic qualities. People come here to bath in the mud and mineral waters.
We stopped for lunch after a tour of the volcano and diamond botanical gardens. Flowers, forests, waterfalls, mud baths and sulfur spring along the way.
The Diamond waterfalls, look like a fresco on the mountain wall. Multiple colors; copper reds and green, yellow sulphur, white calcium oxide, along with carbon, magnesium and other minerals from the rich Soufriere waters paint a backdrop to the falling water
Sailing home to my Poinsettia Apartment, the mood was relaxed and fun. The Music blended with the mood and the rum punch, Bob Marleys 'ONE Love' had the crew on their feet, and the rather naught Big Bamboo made smiles
From journal Catamaran Cruise to the Pitons, St Lucia