Top 25 Tidbits
& Memories of St. Lucia (in no particular order):
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| Kite Surfing |
25) Hewanorra means "island of the iguanas"....this is the name of
the airport so we flew in and out of iguanas
24) "Oye" means "hello". So yelling "Oye, Oye" at someone's front door doesn't
mean you are exasperated
23) The "handshake" greeting here is a fist pound followed by lightly pounding the fist on your chest. This can either be done with a closed fist or a thumbs up fist.
23) The "handshake" greeting here is a fist pound followed by lightly pounding the fist on your chest. This can either be done with a closed fist or a thumbs up fist.
22) Vieux fort, the city we were staying in most of our time in St Lucia, is
one of the best places for kite surfing in the world. This is due to the high winds from
the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea meeting at the south end of the island.
21) St Lucia is the number one honeymooning location in the world.
20) Many locals have not climbed gros piton...perhaps this should have been a hint better taken before we climbed it ; )
21) St Lucia is the number one honeymooning location in the world.
20) Many locals have not climbed gros piton...perhaps this should have been a hint better taken before we climbed it ; )
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| St Lucian Flag |
19) Their flag of simple shapes and colors holds a lot of meaning. The blue is
the water, the black and white is for the black and white people of the island with
the triangles representing the gros and petit pitons. The yellow represents the
sun.18) A double rainbow is not a hologram produced by the airplane as a special welcome-to-St.-Lucia-effect...ahem Frances :-)
17) When it comes to driving, left is right.
16) There is just 1 main road that goes around most of the island's border with many roads that go inland...this made navigation more "successful"
15) One should always walk backwards when wearing snorkeling flippers...Becca doesn't like laying on towels that have been "flipped on"
14) Billiards can only be paid for with the octagon shaped dollars (at least at the "Round the Bend Bar")
13) Heineken and Guiness cost the same as a Piton
12) When you order sausage on your pizza, you get hotdogs on your pizza
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| Buying Bread |
11) They say never buy candy from a stranger, but what about bread? In St. Lucia, the best bread comes from a
stranger in a car
10) Greeting almost everyone you see is a way of life "good morning", "good afternoon", "good night" (this wasn't hard to get accustomed to, but we tended to say "good evening" instead of "good night" as that usually means sleep for us)
9) Don't ask Steph to come up with a blog title while falling asleep, as you will only get a word or two every five minutes.
8) Plantains are delicious!!
7) Don’t forget to turn the outlet ON after you plug something in
10) Greeting almost everyone you see is a way of life "good morning", "good afternoon", "good night" (this wasn't hard to get accustomed to, but we tended to say "good evening" instead of "good night" as that usually means sleep for us)
9) Don't ask Steph to come up with a blog title while falling asleep, as you will only get a word or two every five minutes.
8) Plantains are delicious!!
7) Don’t forget to turn the outlet ON after you plug something in
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| Gros Piton |
6) St Lucian bugs
looooove feasting on white people
5) All-inclusive
resorts are free if you successfully sneak onto them (but don’t worry, we didn’t
steal any food/drinks…just gorgeous beach time)
4) “Sweet and
sour sauce” (i.e.-what we later found out was west Indian hot sauce) is sweet
if you enjoy your head imploding and sour if you don’t.
3) If you happen
to find yourself wandering through a local village, you may find yourself being
poked by children to see if the white will come off.
2) Don’t take
anything for granted, especially things as simple as clean water.
1) St. Lucians are
a loving and welcoming people and a great place to serve with physiotherapy!!
To end off, here
are a few amazing recipes graciously given to us after we scrumptiously enjoyed
them on our trip!
Green Fig
Salad Provided
by Dr Francois
1) Buy green bananas, not typical green bananas
but ones from Mexico or other countries
2) Peel them with a knife (too hard to do with
your hands)
3) Place them in water and boil for about 20
minutes, or until tender
4) Simultaneously steam mixed vegetables
5) Once cooked, combine the bananas &
vegetables with mayonnaise
6) Refrigerate until chilled
Easy Steamed
Pumpkin Provided
by Tenderly
1)
Cut
pumpkin to the size you want
2)
Discard
seeds and pulp
3)
Boil
until soft like a potato
4)
Eat :-)
Fried Rice Provided by Ferhn
1)
Steam
rice with some salt for about 15 minutes until soft but not sticky
2)
While
rice is cooking, stir fry some garlic and onions in oil
4)
Add salt
to taste
5)
Then add
rice to veggie mixture while still on the stove
6)
Mix
evenly for 3-5 minutes
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