Sunday, April 5, 2009

St. Lucia pt. 3 gros Islet



Fishing heron. It's legs look yellow but were actually bright green

Gros Islet is home to Pigeon Island, a national park on the northernmost point of the island. Also a bird sanctuary.In the 1900s it was an outpost used by the British to defend against French ships approaching from Martinique and other Islands.





Me and Bosslin demonstrating the importance of a proper feline diet. Perhaps one of the most puzzling little characteristics about St Lucia was their great love of old lonesome heartbroken drunken sad sack country music. First few days spent we heard alot of reggae, dancehall and soca, just as you might imagine, yet over time heard more and more of that 'Conway twitty' and 'Tammy Winette' era of old honky-tonk stuff. And truly bizarre was the way they would dj it on the reggae stations with reggae-dancehall style air horn and lazer clap sound effects in the mix. I'm sure there is a good reason for all this and I would love to get to the bottom of it. We even saw a couple squaredancing linedancing mechanichal bull type country bars in Castries blasting the stuff.
the video is from that waterfall from the last chapter

Sunday, March 22, 2009

St. Lucia pt. 2 Castries & Soufriere


Drive through volcano sulfur springs


The rain forest outside of Soufiere .




Gros Piton

Township of soufriere

The famous twin Piton mountains in the background. Only one is visible -Gros Piton

The mountain route from Castries to Vieux Fort.


Inside the church of the immaculate conception, Castries.


St. Lucia was celebrating it's 30th anniversary of independence from British rule this year. These two above shots are from the National Independence Day festivities held at the Cricket stadium.



Castries

Saturday, March 14, 2009

St. Lucia. pt. 1 Vieux Fort


Our view of Vieux Fort from the guest house deck.
This is Zoya. she lived below the guest house we stayed in. And her cats Princess and Bosslin.
Sports Illustrated -give me a call..



In the above photo you can see the sea shelf line before it drops into the Atlantic ocean



The absolute southernmost point of St. Lucia
Every time I ordered a fish roti it was very important to ask what kind of fish it was. You see, dolphin is most definitely on the menu in St. Lucia. I hope to God I didn't eat some by accident

Vieux Fort hall of fame






Saturday, March 7, 2009

Mid February



These sketches are for an upcoming project I'm starting soon..