On St. Lucia we took the full day Land and Sea to the Pitons tour. We were loaded onto newer air-conditioned small buses, which took a very scenic route to the pitons. We stopped several times at scenic overlooks for pictures and a little quick shopping, then went to a small, scenic fishing village for about 30 min to shop. At each stop you kind of got swamped with locals trying to sell you trinkets, but they were very friendly and a simple "no thanks" worked! We then wound our way through some of the most beautiful scenery, banana fields as far as the eye could see, with palm tree covered hillsides behind, tropical flowers growing wild all over the place, cows, goats, horses and chickens just hanging out by the side of the road! It was kind of frustrating because I wanted to stop everywhere and take pictures, but we just drove through because we were on a schedule. We next stopped at a guesthouse for a buffet lunch of spicy chicken, cole slaw, potato salad and some fishy entrees followed by coconut ice cream. Next, we went to see the sulphur springs, I wasn't too impressed here, it stunk like rotten eggs and wasn't very scenic, but interesting if you've never seen anything like this. We then went to the Diamond Botanical Gardens that were so packed with tourists you couldn't even appreciate them! It was very pretty here, but just too many people. Finally, we went through Soufriere to a pier and boarded a big catamaran where we got good shots of the pitons as we sailed back to the ship drinking free rum punch. We stopped at Anse Cochon bay to swim for about an hour. If you brought your own snorkel gear with you, you could snorkel, but I didn't see many fish. There was no reef here, just a lot of rocks. This tour was nice because you got to see a lot of the island by land and sea, but I like to take lots of pictures and wanted to stop more often to do so. We also had to wait around for people to get done shopping before we could move on. It is nice, though, to have someone from the island tell you of the island's history and culture. For instance, our guide told us that there are about 3 girls for every 1 man on St Lucia, and it was not uncommon for a man to have a wife and 1 or more girlfriends! It would be unheard of for a woman to say she's going to leave her husband because he was being unfaithful, she would be lucky to even have a husband! Next time, I think I would like to rent a car and take my time touring this island, there are just so many scenic areas. However, renting a car would be a challenge here, the roads are very twisty-windy, with many blind curves. Careful!