Saint Lucia

After spending a week in Barbados we made a short hop over to St. Lucia, another country neither of us had visited before.  There was no seat allocation on the little airplane and the flight took just over 30 minutes.

I celebrated my birthday whilst there and the staff surprised me with a decorated table and complimentary dessert.

It would have been nice to see more of these beach huts but there was some construction work happening and they were blocked off. The fence forced a minimalist image though which I quite like.

A ‘must see’ in St. Lucia are the famous Pitons which are in the south of the island.  We were staying in the north which was only 52 km / 32 miles away but the drive took two hours!!  I’d read that the roads in St Lucia are diabolical and until I drove that route I was wondering why people said that. We soon found out as it was full of potholes, long stretches of no tarmac, rocks, very steep hills and more hairpin bends than I’ve ever encountered.  I didn’t mind how long it took, I just wanted to avoid a flat tyre so navigated round the potholes very carefully.  All part of the adventure of exploring a new country, and the amount and variety of tropical fish just off the beach we eventually arrived at made the journey more than worthwhile.  It was like snorkelling in an aquarium 💚

The obligatory wooden shack photo below.

It was very unusual to be looking down on a rainbow.

There are two airports on St. Lucia. The main international one is for longer haul flights, and a second much smaller one is for the flights that ‘island hop’.  That was the one we flew in and out of, and it’s right across the road from a beach.  We checked in our luggage, crossed the road, and had lunch at a beach bar to while away the time before departure.  It certainly beat sitting in a boring air conditioned departure lounge!

I challenged Doug to take some photos from where we were sitting (no getting up allowed) and these two were my efforts.  The second one is just the edges of two tables.

That concludes my St Lucia post.  I enjoyed the island and I’m glad I’ve been, but did prefer Barbados.  The people generally seem friendlier and the pace of life slower there.

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