Saint Lucia Travel Blogs

reservations
Oct 14, 2009 (8 photos)

Of course you can't go to Africa without visiting the animals. And I did. I went to Hluhluwe game reserve near St Lucia, a coastal village about 300 km north of Durban. There I was persuaded to go whale watching too. The Addo Elephant National Park, a ...

Walking with the Hippos, Sleeping with the Birds
Nov 4, 2007 (14 photos)

... with the live, squiggling tail in his hands.  One morning, we set off on a hippo tour of the St-Lucia wetlands; ticking off another UNESCO site from the list.   We were quite entertained by the guide who could switch from Dutch to ...

No wildlife in St. Lucia!
Dec 17, 2005 (12 photos)

... you on the road. Am I in an old time movie house? Has the projector gone wrong? As I got closer to St. Lucia the traffic became aggressive. Suddenly there were lots of small trucks pulling boats on trailers, SUV's packed to the brim with children and ...

ICC Cricket World Cup - Semi Finals
Apr 23, 2007

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Pirate Call centres, rum tum, big fruit
Oct 24, 2006 (5 photos)

... sort of strange Pirate Call centre, answering phones! A bizarre experience. Check the pictures to see Next day we sailed for St. Lucia, just in time for a saturday night out! The locals call it 'liming', in Bristol we call it 'going out on the piss ...

Hey, I never get seasick... Yeah right!
Jan 24, 2006 (10 photos)

The start of the trip was very rough sailing from St. Lucia to Bequia (St. Vincent and the Grenadines.) We had 3-4 meters of waves, a lot of wind and we kept broaching because of sudden changes of the wave patterns. (Broaching is taking in water in the ...

Best of St. Lucia land & sea
Feb 4, 2009 (57 photos)

... were getting smaller and smaller.  It was a wonderful sight that will always be remembered. The Caribbean Princess left St. Lucia at 5:00pm that afternoon.  I was leaving behind me my perfect day, my beautiful romantic island.   ...

2 hour stop in St Lucia en route to Dominica
Jul 25, 2007 (4 photos)

My next stop from Barbados was St Lucia. Well anyone who knows me well knows that one of my best friends Bev, is a St Lucian in and out so naturally when I landed in her hometown I couldn't resist giving her a call.  She was at work in London at the ...

Coast & NP's
Jun 12, 2009

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Visit two more countries, and the car broke down!
Oct 14, 2005

... -starts and 4000 RPM 35 kms out of the park and into a garage. Got the car back this morning, and here we are in St Lucia. This afternoon was spent with more failed fishing for me, and a book on the beach for Hannah. Tommorow we go to one of South Africa's ...

Life's A beach if you're a Hippo!
Mar 3, 2007 (5 photos)

We baz bussed up to St Lucia, which (unlike its Caribbean namesake) is a tropical forested wetland which starts a wetland stretching up the entire east coast of africa. It is a global heritage site which means Hippos and Crocs (wild animals) can ...

Karen and Diane do le sport...
Sep 5, 2007 (8 photos)

There is so much to do here and we are making the most of it.  Of all the millioins of things we could be doing so far we've done, Tubing, Sailing, Water Volley ball, Stretch, Step, Tennis, Scuba diving, Snorkling, Water skiing,  Swimming ...

Hungry Hungry Hippos
Jul 15, 2009 (13 photos)

... his card before it went 'missing'. He still rang his bank though to make sure there wasn't any transactions. We arrived in St. Lucia mid afternoon and got a room in a hostel. We took a stroll around the town and did some food shopping. One of things South ...

St Lucia
Oct 31, 2007 (7 photos)

... any crocs, but I didn't see any. Not much else happening today!! I got a new room-mate - she seems nice!! Watched a movie and chatted to some people at the bar. That's about it!! Monday 5th: Leaving St Lucia for Sodwana Bay for some scuba - hoorah!

Delightful Swaziland
Nov 27, 2009

Today we crossed the border back into South Africa after 2 days in Swaziland.  Even though our horseback ride got rained out yesterday afternoon, I still thought Swaziland was pretty delightful.  First, most of the country is green and ...

St. Lucia
Sep 19, 2008 (8 photos)

... - they won't be in this blog... I let my memory decide where to begin, and it takes me to Castries, Saint Lucia... Castries, Saint Lucia... we traveled before that, we traveled after... I don't even remember when exactly we went there - the end of ...

Diving in St. Lucia
Feb 4, 2006 (3 photos)

... neighbours to bother her! I got the impression that it's hard trying to raise several children as a taxi driver in St. Lucia. But she wasn't really complaining despite obviously having a hard time making ends meet. I am grateful for her hospitality and ...

Arrived in Paradise...
Sep 1, 2007 (2 photos)

Finally arive at 11pm.  Karen has been here since 4ish and was waiting up in her room with match-sticks in her eyes to greet me.   So fabulous to see her.  The concierge, who knew I was delayed, had arranged for a light  ...

...Simply Beautiful...
Mar 12, 2009 (53 photos)

Hello everyone! Today our 4th port of call is the enchanting Saint Lucia ( Loo-sha), lying between Martinique to the north and St. Vincent to the south. I've heard a lot about the beauty of St. Lucia thats why im super excited and so intrigue! We got ...

Relaxing on the coast
Jun 18, 2006

After leaving Swaiziland we drove to a town called St. Lucia located on the easter coast of South Africa. This is a small resort town located in a national park in a wetlands area. We arrived at the hostel to discover that the ensuite doubles were ...

Hippo Resting Place
May 27, 2009 (3 photos)

Next stop the town of St. Lucia, which during the summer (our winter) is a happening place.

Glaring hippos
Apr 7, 2008 (23 photos)

I slept for most of the way from the game reserve to St Lucia. We drove to where we were boarding the boat and got on board. The boat ride was an hour long along the estuary of the wetland park. We were guaranteed to see hippos and crocodiles.

The Beach
May 21, 2007 (5 photos)

Yesterday we spent the day at the beach. It was fantastic. The water was clear and warm. The resort has "Beach dudes" to take care of you on the beach. They will get your drinks and set up chairs for you. George, one of the dudes was very friendly. ...

Ti Kaye Beach
May 23, 2007 (5 photos)

Snorkel, Snorkel, Snorkel. We got up a little later this morning. Had breakfast and went straight to the beach. I think we've found something we really like. This time I bought a underwater camera from the resort. We took lots of pictures, I hope they ...

Soufriere
May 22, 2007 (5 photos)

... Soufriere. We had about a 1 hr water taxi ride there. The ride was amazing. Beautiful views of the cliffs on this side of St. Lucia and fantastic views of the Pitons. The city was quite poor, but the people were friendly. We went to the volcano. It was ...

Rain in St. Lucia
Sep 14, 2007 (5 photos)

I'm in St. Lucia, a popular holiday town.  Luckily, it is early spring so it's pretty quiet.  This area is part of a World Heritage Site with a game reserve, estuary and a nice coast.  I was told that sometimes the hippos walk along ...

First Day Tikaye Village Resort
May 20, 2007 (5 photos)

After a long trip we arrived at Tikaye resort. It was just as there web site showed. We were greated with free drinks at the bar. Good for me, bad for Sherry as she was sick from the days travel. They took us to our cottage and we rested ...

Rodney Bay
Apr 15, 2008 (10 photos)

15/04/08, Tuesday, 22:30, Rodney Bay Dinner and pool was great two nights ago.  Had two great days after that hanging out at Scuttlebutts.  Met crazy Norwegian guy there today.  [No, seriously, this guy was nuts.  He and his friends ...

Heading South
Apr 12, 2008 (7 photos)

12/04/08, Saturday, 19:00, Marigot Harbor, St. Lucia At last!  We waited for the sail and left on Wednesday.  Generator keeps failing.  I had a headache the whole time and my bed got wet again.  [Boats leak.]  But, I saw some of ...

Water Park Drive
May 28, 2009 (5 photos)

We took a day trip up the coast to Cape Vidal National Park. Spotted some hippos, rino and great views.