Sailing to the St. Lucia Mud Baths. E98

In this episode, as we sail our Leopard 45 catamaran around the Windward Islands of the Caribbean, we explore Saint Lucia. We take a gondola through the rain forrest with Treetop Adventures, Jeff visits a local doctor (WOW) to take care of an infection in his elbow, and we get down and dirty in the mud baths with Jeff’s best college buddy, Larry, and his girlfriend.

We got quite an education during our rainforest tour. Our gondola glided us through the rainforest to the top, and we descended above the rainforest for an incredible view. Then we visited the mud baths. First, we soaked in the warm water from the volcano. Don't worry, it was mixed with cold river water, so it wasn't too hot. Then we rubbed grey mud all over our bodies and accented with thicker black mud. Letting it dry was tough because the breeze was chilly. But after a while, we rinsed off in the warm bath, leaving all the mud on our faces. Our guide, Taurius drove us to a cold waterfall to wash off the rest. But it was TOO COLD! We did the best we could, and spent the rest of the day a little crusty.

But one of the highlights was visiting Dr. Alexis, a local doctor in Soufriere. Jeff got a small knick on his elbow which had clearly become infected. Jeff, being the man that he is, ignored it and hoped it would go away. Which it didn't. We made our way into the local pharmacy and were escorted out the back door and through the alley to see the doctor. He was a very nice man who prescribed a round of antibiotics. Luckily, they worked, and all is well now.

Thanks for watching and happy sailing!

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