The main reason for visiting St Lucia was the cricket as we have been before, however we saw a different part of the island close to the capital, Castries. Our hotel was a ten minute drive from the cricket which meant that most of the travelling cricket watching Brits were close by. Indeed, the Sky commentary team were in the same hotel and the England team and coaches in the same beach bar/restaurant two nights before the match stared.
St Lucia has two airports – one for the intercontinental routes and the other, much smaller, for regional Caribbean routes. Our flights in and out of St Lucia were from the latter which has the most attractive “departure lounge” – food shacks by the beach.
We visited Pigeon Island – no longer an island – a historic strategic lookout, facing Martinique, for pirates taken over by the British, who built Fort Rodney. The climb to the two peaks of the island is rewarded by fantastic views.
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