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St. Lucia Slideshow
Saint Lucia
Travel Blogs from Saint Lucia
Honeymoon to St. Lucia
St. Lucia was the perfect honeymoon vacation! Love in the air, beautiful scenery, friendly people, strong drinks, and plenty of food- Our Ideal Vacation! Here's a couple photos- Take a ...
I wasn't expecting this stop in St.Lucia...
Yes, I am in St. Lucia, but I`m not in the Caribbean, unfortunately. Still, this place, somewhere between Durban and Swaziland, is very nice and pretty exotic too. For instance, there aren`t many places in England where you can go kayaking in croc and ...
The cherry on our perfect cake
... of carp. A day breathing the atmosphere of this beautiful place is like a week in paradise. The bonus was the St Lucia Wetlands Nature reserve. Every corner we rounded met with an encounter. The game here is laid back and plentiful, ...
Hangin' around St Lucia
Ouch, we have a bit of an emergency this morning. We have just discovered that it's SA’s school hols next week and everywhere is booked, so we might have trouble getting accommodation in the Drakensbergs. The poor access to internet doesn’t ...
Crikey, That Mountain Was Steep!
While to anyone in America it was the Fourth of July (Australia time anyway), to us it was the day we got to go to Australia Zoo - the home of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and his family. I was a little less excited to go because the night ...
Captivating Caribbean
... wander through Soufriere with its sulphur pools and bubbling mud. Another 'first' smell...and another one that I actually like. Saint Lucia was a fantastic place to get my first taste of the laid-back lifestyle that some lucky people get ...
Castries, St. Lucia
... (25 miles north) and British St. Vincent (20 miles south) partially accounts for the island’s traumatic past. St. Lucia spent much of its history under control of either France or Britain, who fought for centuries over ownership of the West Indies ...
Petit Piton not so petit
my, what an interesting few days... On Tuesday morning I headed down to St Lucia's capital, Castries. It was a very busy place, especially as two MASSIVE cruise ships had just pulled into port. The whole town was on cruise tourist overdrive, coming out ...
Jan 01, 2011
Castries, St. Lucia
... stems from its tropical weather (the dry season runs from December 1 to May 31), scenery, and numerous beaches. Saint Lucia's population is predominantly of African and mixed African-European descent and while the official language is English, ...
scooters and hurricains
Hi everybody! We're currently out-running hurricain Dean which is heading straight for us! we're changing our schedule a little and we'll be at sea for all of tonight and tomorrow instead of going to Antigua. We will be going to Tortola on saturday, ...
Hippo's, Birds and Americans
... was a wonderful Hornbill relaxing in the trees around the swimming pool) and then we headed out for for a boat trip on Lake St Lucia, scheduled at 16 o'clock (around sunset). As we embarked on the boat, the sky was dark and ominous. To make matters ...
iSimangaliso Wetlands Park
... (for the first time on this trip) to use my ATM card! Mid morning, we moved on to the village of St Lucia where I ironically changed $1000 for Rogan! Oh well! We then entered iSimangaliso Wetlands Park via the Bhangazi Gate. This was the beginning of our ...
The Happiest Man in Swaziland
... on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life." - Jack Keruoac Good afternoon from St Lucia, South Africa, 12 Currencies I've Used On The Trip 1) Baht 2) US Dollars 3) Riel 4) Dong 5) Kip 6) Dirham 7) Rand 8) Namibian ...
"The boat go to Soufriere"
The entire week people were accosting us about going to Soufriere. Tour groups go by bus, helicopter, and boat for both land and sea adventures. There are great diving spots, hiking trails, tourist traps, and a barrage of expensive resorts. Seriously ...
Exploring the Caribbean the easy way -on a cruise
... ; 14-day Caribbean Cruise on the Celebrity Constellation Itinerary – Fort Lauderdale-Aruba-Curacao-Grenada-Barbados-St Lucia-Antigua-St Maarten-St Thomas-Fort Lauderdale We wanted to do a Caribbean Cruise as part of this trip to ...
Delay delay dealy - 7 hours of agony
... been driving the plane suffered from deep veined thrombosis, and could not fly us to london, so we would have to land in St.Lucia and get another pilot there. When we landed are about 2 hours of no infomation , we were informed that we ...
The Pinnacle of Excitement
... leaving the Gold Coast about 15 minutes early. Since we didn't have to go through the mountains and we were going to St. Lucia near Brisbane and not back to Gatton the ride was only about hour. We stopped at a shopping center to pick up ...
My First Day In Paradise
... a beautiful duplex facing the river. Today is a slow day. We're all pretty exhausted from our long trip. The town of St. Lucia is very small, and is filled with tourists and fisherman. The area has been declared a World Heritage Site and has some of ...
Summary of the whole trip
... you ever decide to do the hike, request him! He was very friendly, funny, and informative. He told us so much about St. Lucia - the history, the way things currently work there, etc. We loved him. The drive takes you through a few small towns such as ...
St Lucia
St Lucia: This was my favorite island and the cleanest. The people of St Lucia take great pride in the appearance of their island and love tourists. We spent our day at Rodney Beach where you'll find many of the islands resorts nearby and the ...
Elephant Coast and the exciting Swaziland
... the next border crossing, we got to Saint Lucia on the east coast of Africa - and no, you can't see Australia from there. Saint Lucia is like a thousand Australian coastal surf towns. Chilled out, with a few surf shops, a petrol station and a couple of ...
There's a Reason I'm Not a Liberal Arts Major...
Lectures started at 9:00 this morning and I managed to make it to the classroom on time. We had two lectures before lunch, both on the Great Barrier Reef. The first was on the formation of the reef, which didn't thrill me a whole lot. ...
I have to be honest with you, im not actually a dr
... the climber within! If you've not heard of it, its well worth a google, as its one of the reasons the french lost st.lucia! The other big reason was Admiral Rodney himself, after whom the largest bay looking out to sea is named. The views from the highest ...
Uncle Ian takes us in
... Our flight was delayed, this not being too unusual for the Caribbean, so we had enough time for a few more beers! The airport in St Lucia is a tiny strip next to the beach, so once you have checked in then you can sit by the water to wait your flight. We ...
Exploring Marigot Bay
... to take a 90 minute taxi ride to the resort. What an experience the taxi ride was, there are not many roads in St. Lucia, but the one's they have are definitely very winding, narrow, and steep. As we twisted and turned from the southeastern part of ...
Castries, Saint Lucia
Castries, St. Lucia 3/17/2010 Saint Lucia is our fourth port. We had booked a nature hike and waterfall tour. This tour was suppose to be 5 hours long and it didn't come to a good start. We were delayed 30 minutes before we were on the bus. The bus ride ...
What's up bro'?
... kehrte ich spaet in der Nacht zum Hafen zurueck. Der naechste Tag war einem Ausflug zu den Pitons - das Wahrzeichen von St. Lucia - gewidmet. Fuer die Fahrt quer durch die Insel stand uns ein Taxifahrer zur Verfuegung. Bin mir bis heute nicht sicher, ...
Zipping!
Woke as we were arriving St. Lucia. We had a quick breakfast, then went down to meet our tour. We thought Pas and Sue were joining us, but it turns out they were on a different tour (ours being sold out). It began with a drive across the island. The road ...
Wedding Day
We began the day by having some breakfast. Yes, I made it to breakfast. We got off the boat and walked towards town and came across an open air market. Half was a farmers market and food mart and the other half was a local crafts market. All of us picked ...