Home Travel Diving Running Kids Mail us		23 January 2001 Christmas on the beach Christmas 2000 and we are doing things a bit differently. After blizzards in France last year we decide to join the Fergusons and Stebbings for a bit of Winter sunshine. 10 Fabulous days of sun (mostly), beach, diving, skiing and relaxing. We catch up on our reading, socialising and eating out while Tommy chases girls and Louise hangs out. Windjammer Landing is made up of villas built into the side of one of the steep volcanic hills on the North West side of St Lucia. Our villa had great views of the sea, its own plunge pool, and plenty of room for the kids to spread out and find their own space. And with those steep hills you have the added benefit of a workout everytime you decide to walk home rather than waiting for the hotel shuttle service. Christmas in the sun does feel a bit different. I have never seen Santa arrive by speedboat before! Still, Louise, Romily and Clemmy seem to be having a great time. Freddy, out of shot, was also getting into the occasion while Tommy, Josh and Patrick were more interested in sneaking off and chasing the girls... Of course we would not go on a Caribbean holiday without doing some diving. This time we went with Thomas and "Froggie's Diving", based at the Watersports in Windjammer. Windjammer is not the greatest base for a diving holiday as most of the best sites are quite a bit further south. However it does have access to some of the best restaurants on the island so you have to compromise somewhere. Froggies also had a pretty slow boat (but the fast one is coming (?)) so it could take up to 2 hours to get to the best sites. They were however friendly and proficient which was some compensation and we had some great dives. A typical sight of the boys disappearing with their gang. The girls were more relaxed preferring to work on their tans and catch up on reading. Is it just a question of time? The boys also prove much less photogenic. Trying to get Patrick to pose for a shot is like trying to get blood out of a stone. Click here for more: