| In one of my trips, I went to the gorgeous island of | | | | When we got out of the bus, the air smelled like |
| St. Lucia. Because the soil is volcanic, the island is | | | | rotten eggs. You get caught off guard by this |
| luxurious. | | | | intense smell. The reason is that the volcano is |
| As soon as I debarked from the ship, I was right | | | | producing sulfur. Water is pouring from the rocks. |
| away greeted by the joyful of the music and the | | | | After a while, you get use to the smell. |
| citizens walking and chatting. | | | | You can take samples of the water and use it to |
| There are kiosks offering different excursions of | | | | cure various skin problems. Imagine having a radiant |
| different landmarks of St. Lucia. I took the excursion | | | | skin for your St. Lucia honeymoon! If I had known |
| to the famous volcano, La Soufriere. It is, apparently, | | | | this in advance, I would've brought an empty bottle |
| the only volcano in the world where you walk in the | | | | in plastic to take some samples of the waters. |
| crater. | | | | I did put some on my face because it was hot. Many |
| I was nauseous during the whole road trip. The driver | | | | people were taking the water in different bottle. |
| was driving way to fast for me on the curvy and | | | | Later that night, my face was radiant. I don't know if |
| steep roads of the island. We stopped a few times | | | | it is my imagination or if it is the sun that day; one |
| either to admire either the banana plantation or get | | | | thing I know for sure is that it surely contributed to |
| offers from their local population, who are trying to | | | | my beauty that night. |
| make a living. | | | | Then we went to be the botanical garden of St. |
| At one point, a guy had a snake wrapped around | | | | Lucia. There was a gorgeous waterfall. Napoleon's |
| branch tree. We were curious and a bit amazed by | | | | wife, Josephine, donated this garden to the St. Lucia |
| the proximity of him and us from the "danger". After | | | | Island. It was appreciated because the place was nice |
| a minute, he asked us for $10 just because we | | | | and cool especially after being in the humidity of the |
| looked at his snake. I am convinced his snake wasn't | | | | volcano. |
| dangerous at all. He is trying to earn some income. | | | | So far, St. Lucia is my favorite island on the |
| After that, we drove through the Rain forest. It was | | | | Caribbean. People of St. Lucia are nice and not afraid |
| humid but still nice. At an observation point, we | | | | or hostile to strangers. They speak English and Creole |
| capture a view of the two famous Piton of St. Lucia. | | | | so you can easily be understood by them. |
| The movie Superman II was filmed there. | | | | The ultimate recommended place would be to go at |
| After much swirling driving around, trying to control | | | | Dasheene restaurant; you have an incredible view of |
| my raging stomach, we finally arrived at the volcano. | | | | the two Pitons. A dinner for two costs around 90$. |