St. Lucia — The Uncharted Guide
We have been to many islands. St. Lucia is our favorite. Here is everything we know after ten days of getting it wonderfully wrong and accidentally right.
The Driving Reality
Left side of the road. A car so small a local had to guide us around a narrow turn. We drove every corner of this island. The international license was a comedy, but the driving itself is an adventure.
Ti Kaye Resort: The Arrival
The GPS took us down a gravel road in complete darkness. Bumpy. Narrow. No lights. We looked at each other and said — so this is how we die. Then we arrived and there was an open air restaurant suspended over the ocean. It was the most dramatic arrival of our lives.
The Coquis
Every night at Ti Kaye we fell asleep to the sound of coquis — small tree frogs named for exactly the noise they make. They become the entire soundtrack of the Caribbean at night.
The Beaches Honestly
Sugar Beach was crowded and disappointing. We looked at it from above, made our honest assessment, and we left. Marigot Bay was underwhelming. We learned quickly what actually delivered and what did not.
The Pitons and the East Coast Road
Arriving at Anse Chastanet by boat — Jade Mountain in the background
We took the boat tour to the Pitons. We did the wall dive where you jump in and there is no visible bottom. And then there is the secret nobody mentions: the east coast road home. The west coast is scenic and slow. The east coast going home is fast, smooth, and completely worth it.
The Rum That Went Down the Drain
Not everything is perfect. We stopped at a local grocery store on the way back from Pigeon Island. We bought some rum. We hated it. It went down the drain. But the people we met there were wonderful.
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