Outanding! Professional! St. Lucia-Day 6 (PART ONE!)

I split day 6 into parts b/c (1) it was the day we got the villa the pictures are insane (2) it was our last full day so the pictures are insane (3) I'm tired and the pictures are insane. (and I'm kinda enjoying going through them and remembering things) :) 

Got up from our awesomesauce twin beds. Poor Eric. After the shark attack (see how I'm overdramatizing it now?), and the snake in the water, I was fairly terrified to sleep. Couple that with the fact that our room was old and made some bizarre noises. My thoughts "Wow, this was a plantation. What if it's haunted? And I mean...those snakes were brought by plantation OWNERS. Hello. 2+2=4. There's got to be a snake in here. What if there was?" Then, my thoughts transferred into me completely taking over Eric's twin bed with him snuggling a little much. He rolled with it b/c he's a good boyfriend and knew I was freaked, but as I got in the shower that morning, he said "I'm just gonna go to the desk and see if anything else is available..." haha.. 

I think I'll switch this up and do captions below the photos instead of above...

This is what the breakfast view looked like....

This is what a 35 dollar breakfast looked like. Yes. I said that. We got the bill for the buffet and it read over 70 US dollars. We were like "WTH?!" We'd been some cool places and this was BY FAR the priciest. We decided then and there we wouldn't be eating dinner at the Jalousie Plantation that night... 
The pool. :)
One of the things I really wanted to do in St. Lucia was see Diamond Falls. It's a volcanic waterfall that changes colors thanks to the chemicals found in the volcanic components. You can't swim in this one...obviously (volcano=hot=chemicals=dangerous).

The waterfall was contained in the botanical gardens. We got our cab driver from the night before to pick us up that morning and take us. Upon entry, we were greeted with "Alexander the Great" aka the most hilarious and awesome tour guide ever. The gardens don't have guides, but guides stand outside and will take you through it for a tip (like 10 US or so). 

At first, Alexander and Jax did not get along. At all. lol! He was talking a mile a minute and although he was EXTREMELY knowledgeable about the plants, etc, I really just wanted to see the falls. Eric explained an he took us straight there. 
Best part... he posed us... repeatedly! He would be like "do this. No. This. Okay, kiss. Lean in. Lean... perfect!" Then, he'd snap it and exclaim "OUTSTANDING! PROFESSIONAL!" We must have heard that phrase about 40 times and giggled each time. Such a great guy... :)
And.. he even wanted to be in photos too! To Eric "I'll be Batman, you be Superman!" 
And to me "I'll be Batman, you me Wonder Woman!" I had no idea what was going on but loved every moment! haha! He told us his daughter worked at our hotel on the beach in the towel cabana. So cute!
The mineral baths now....
The mineral baths then.... 
Alexander opened this mini door and said "lean in" and as we did, he said "It's over 200 degrees! First spa!" Agh! This is Eric's "it's really hot" face. haha! 
As Alexander walked, he talked...and talked... about plants, history, etc.. and if we took pics, we had to kinda race to keep up. This is me doing some of that racing as he walks on...haha.. 
I'm so mad that I can't remember what he called this drummer guy, but we had to have our photo with him.. posed.. haha...I think it was Ted? I dont remember. Boo. 
I wanted a picture with the aphrodisiac sign. It was hilarious! Alex said to Eric "No, point lower..lower.. there!" Then, "OUTSTANDING! PROFESSIONAL!" *giggling as I type this*
Alex gave us a good luck charm. I dont think we kept it. It was a plant. But I really like good luck charms so I wanted a picture. :) 

How you can tell it was a sugar plantation... the little canals in the ground used to transport things. Yes, that's all I remember. I'm sleepy..haha.. 
Lunchtime!! We opted to grab lunch at a local place right by the gardens and took photos to entertain ourselves. Tan line anyone? 
And something kept feeling like it was stinging me! LOL! I couldnt see anything... Anyway, I took Eric's coke and put it on my stomach to stop the sensation. This is how sexy it looked. lol!
And for the end of part one, we arrived back to the hotel and were taken to the place they'd moved our bags....aka...our.new.villa! We pulled up and looked at each other like "umm..seriously?" 

Thanks for bearing with me, people. :) Now that I'm back and have had a semi long week, I'm loving going through the pics. :)