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Dec 12, 2025 – Soufriere to Castries, St Lucia
Took a small, open boat along with a dozen other tourists from Soufriere to Castries to the north. Taking the boat was preferable to taking the bus (really just mini vans) or a taxi to Castries. The roads are narrow and very curvy so not fun to take. Tonight I catch a flight to the…
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Dec 11, 2025 – Soufriere, St Lucia
It rained off and on this morning, adding to the humidity and great for where I was going when it let up, the botanical garden with Diamond Waterfall. It’s an easy walk from my Airbnb, about a mile. Went mainly for the waterfall but the garden was very lush and had plants I hadn’t seen…
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Dec 10, 2025 – Soufriere, St Lucia
Found a local guide, named Marlon Brando, who took me by boat snorkeling near two beaches near Soufriere. Saw lots of different kinds of fishes and corals. Had two snorkeling sessions and both seemed too short even though they really weren’t. Spent about 45 minutes for each. There was just a lot to see. Great…
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Dec 9, 2025 – Soufriere, St Lucia
Today was a grind, a supposedly short trip from Kingstown, St Vincent to St Lucia. The two eastern Caribbean islands are less than 100 miles apart. My flight with InterCaribbean Airlines was supposed to take 45 minutes. That’s not what happened. So, at checkin I am given a boarding pass to Barbados and another from…
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Dec 8, 2025 – Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines
There’s a ferry system in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) running between islands. It’s a good way to way to get around and these islands are well worth a visit if you like the Caribbean with its beaches, laid back style, beautiful water, good food and people. Took a ferry nine miles south to…
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Dec 7, 2025 – Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)
Kingstown is dead on Sundays. I was told that yesterday, Saturday, by a local and it’s true. A supermarket is open, fortunately. What they call buses here are mini vans and they operate like in Grenada. But, on Sundays there are fewer tearing down the roads. So, walked to a taxi stand near the government…
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Dec 6, 2025 – St George’s to Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines
Flew this morning from St George’s to Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines, SVG for short. The flight took about 30 minutes. SVG is a great place to sail with its numerous islands with beautiful beaches.
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Dec 5, 2025 – St George’s to Pearls Airport, Grenada
With a late start of after 11 AM, walked to the bus station and decided to go to Pearls airport near Grenville on the east coast. Pearls was built in 1943 but its distance from St George’s, along with being surrounded by hills on three sides, doomed it. But, during the US invasion in 1983…
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Dec 4, 2025 – St George’s, Grenada
Visited the tourist office and grabbed a map of a walking tour of St George’s. Then, started walking around the city of 34,000 people. St George’s is the capital and largest city in Grenada. It doesn’t take but a day to see most of it superficially. There’s Fort George on a hill overlooking the harbor…
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Dec 3, 2025 – St George’s, Grenada
Flew from Miami to St George’s, Grenada. Grenada is in the southeastern Caribbean. It’s known as the Spice Island because of the spices grown here, nutmeg in particular. Grenada is about the last island in the chain of islands going south towards Venezuela. On the way from the airport to St George’s, I asked my…
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