Village Squire, 1979-04, Page 30fine luncheon at the celebrated Still
Restaurant. There the treat of the day for
us was flying fish.
Beautiful as is the boatride to Sufriere,
the dramatic way to go is by car or taxi, up
hill, down dale, whipping around bends as
you skirt the rainforest, now looking up to a
mountain peak and then down with awe
into a green ravine. Now and again the
road breaks out of the forest clad hills to
give one a view of a banana plantation. The
breathless visitor, arriving back at Castries
in one piece is bound to ask about the
casualty rate on such a road. The answer is
reassuring. At an average speed of 12-14
m.p.h. really serious accidents are almost
nil. At higher speeds one could not hold the
road.
Much as mini -buses, taxis and cars
assist in covering the maximum number of
miles in a given time the only way to truly
come to grips with any country is on foot, if
you want to enjoy trees and flowers. So we
walked at a sedate pace, highways,
byways, beaches and sidestreets, varying
the pattern by going down to the docks or
over to where the jet set moored their
seagoing yachts.
Once on a three-hour tramp over the
mountains and through the rainforest, my
wife had a chance to photograph a
boa -constrictor. According to legend, the
deadly fer de lance was brought in from
Martinique. The purpose was to frighten
the slaves so they would not run off from
the plantations.
If you are a gourmand, you may feel we
are leaving the best part to the last. New
varieties of fish fresh from the sea were
outstanding. From garden and orchards
came fresh. sunripened pineapple. passion
fruit. papayas, guavas. sweetsop, soursop,
oranges. grapefruit, breadfruit, plantain
and a native bean we found most tasty.
A word of warning. Unaccompanied
white women as in the Barbados and
elsewhere are likely to be embarrassed by
unwelcome propositions. The unemploy-
ment rate runs as high as 30 per cent
among the young. Expect to see a lot of
hands out begging for "small change."
There will seldom be a show of displeasure
if you say no with a smile. Say no you must
or you would be broke by noon.
Costs of accomodation will vary with the
season and the level of the hotel you
choose. If your agent forgets to tell you.
meals carry a 10 percent service charge
plus five per cent state tax. Meals up town
are not cheap. Lunch may run from $2.50 to
six or seven dollars while dinners under ten
would be hard to find.
What are we doing now? Like so many
before us who have discovered St. Lucia,
we are busy feeding quarters into our
piggy bank and looking forward to our next
trip.
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