Walking into town this morning, we met a local entrepreneur named Marvin whose slogan is “Maximum Chill“. We borrowed a bit of that vibe today as we slowly took our bearings and got to know our surroundings. The morning was a stroll through the streets of Soufrière in search of the local supermarket. This turned out to be on the opposite side of town, which took us on a route past a number of cheerfully decorated vending stands not yet open for business.

You may noticed the steepness of the seacoast here. In fact, they continue plunging downwards under the water as well, except that they are covered with coral and teeming with colorful fish. This means that even the unassuming cove at the end of the Soufrière town beach offers excellent snorkeling, and our main plan for the afternoon was to test out all the new snorkeling gear we brought along. Susannah was especially eager (?) to use her full-face snorkeling mask, given her intense love (ha!) of water sports. And guess what? It worked!!

We have some amazing underwater shots courtesy of Rowan, who spent several blissful hours in the water and put their new GoPro camera to good use.

We closed out the daylight with some shopping in town and finally took up Marvin’s offer of a maximum chill dinner at his new restaurant.