CASTRIES, ST LUCIA
APRIL 23, 2014
St Lucia was
sighted by Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage in 1502 but the English
didn’t claim it until 1564. It went back and forth between the English and the
French until their independence on February 22, 1969.
St Lucia is a volcanic island
that is 14 miles long by 27 miles wide. One hundred and sixty five thousand
people live there. Sixty five thousand of them live in the city of Castries. Sixty
five percent of the island people are Roman Catholic. Bananas are their biggest
export.
On tour our guide “G” showed us
a tree that grew cashews. It grows a big fruit with a nut at the end. The nut
is poison if picked and eaten from the tree. When ripe it is taken and goes
through a process of hand roasting to get the oil out of it and it takes
several hours. The whole process takes hours for each nut which is why cashews
are so expensive.
A harbor our guide “G” showed
us he said at least scenes from four movies had been filmed there. One was “Blue Lagoon” with Brook
Shields.
Our ship docked in the harbor
"G", our guide, and flower
Harbor where "Blue Lagoon" was filmed
Cashew
Cashews on the tree
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