Castries, St. Lucia (Day 5)

Once again, sorry if this is too much information, but remember I gave a disclaimer...this is more for me than any of you (:

On Wednesday the 23rd (Day 5) we went to Castries, St. Lucia. This was our least favorite place. It was way beautiful, but we drove way too much. We spent about 90% of the day in the car with a grumpy old tour guide (tough to beat Mison or our guide in St. Thomas). It was obvious we drove him nuts. We had a lot of questions for him, and he wasn’t too obliged to answer them. This island was so lush and green. It was a rain forest jungle. The roads were much more narrow and windy here than in St. Maarten, so we were very grateful to have a local drive us around! We wondered how many cars and lost control, or lost their brakes on these steep hills, never to be heard or seen again. The forest is so thick; you’d never know a car had driven off. That was one question we asked him (Do a lot of people crash, or loose their brakes) I don’t remember getting an answer. We saw a local on our drive with a gigantic snake wrapped around his neck. It freaked me out. He wouldn't let us take a picture without a "donation" but I was able to sneak one in. It looks like he may have noticed...isn't he scary?






We stopped at a lookout point of the famous Pitons. They were incredible. They are about 2,000 feet high. We asked if people climb them, and we were told that a lot of people climb them. They look like they are next to each other, but we were told they are a few miles apart.






We also went to a waterfall, and the beach of course to do more body surfing. We were looking for huge waves, so we asked our driver to take us to a beach with big waves. The waves were disappointing, but we still had a great time and got a little more sun.







These pictures I took just to remember how 3rd world these places are. You can see a woman doing laundry in a river in the picture above. As we drove to the Pitons, we went through a little village that was incredibly poor and run down. It's amazing how small some of these shacks are. We were told (not by our guide) that parts of Pirates of the Caribbean were filmed on this island. I wish our guide could have pointed out a few spots where shots were filmed.