Had a lovely vacation in St. Lucia, an incredibly beautiful island, mountainous, lush, tropical in the Caribbean. The people are so kind and beautiful. Food, not so good. Sadly, we would not return.

The roads very hard to navigate. GPS is almost non-existent and will mis-guide you. Of course we didn’t know that until we had a white knuckle drive. We were advised by the manager of our Air BnB to take the Atlantic coast highway. It would only take and hour and a half. But how to get to it? Two of three GPS apps could not find Marigot Bay. Waze located it, but took us up the Caribbean side of the island. Three and a half hours at night on roads with potholes that would eat your car, straight up, straight down, switchbacks with little visibility, lethal drainage ditches. Lefthand drive too. I love to drive, so I was able handle it, but it sure wasn’t fun and my passengers were freaked out. A very LONG day.

We ended up staying close to our fantastic house, 200 feet straight down to the very protected harbor. Boats coming in every afternoon, weighing anchor in the morning. Across the bay was a cute little beach where we swam. That’s the way to go!
The giant outdoor, covered market at Castries on the northern end of the island was wonderful.
One day we hired a water taxi which took us 45 minutes to a beautiful beach with a restaurant and snorkeling.

Hand painted rustic Sea Side Barber sign with fishing boats in background, Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

The family who cooked wonderful grilled fish just minutes away from the airport in St. Lucia standing next to Grill Fish sign.

Rainbow shooting out of red catamaran sailboat in Marigot Bay, St. Lucia

Brightly colored fishing boats in St. Lucia with rich green hills in the background.

Fish being cut up in Castries Market, St. Lucia

Chicken feet Castries Market, St. Lucia

No Smoking No Spitting sign on top of brightly colored lion water spout and urn for washing hands

Rock formation on coastal beach St. Lucia

Harbor, Marigot Beach St. Lucia

Hand painted sign: LA Wholesale & Retail with prices of Flour, Rice, Sugar and more.

At farmer's market in Castries in the north end of the island of St. Lucia, the nutmeg nuts are rung with red mace that looks like their wrapped in rubber bands.

Deep blue sky and small puffy clouds at 30,000 feet