DESTINATIONS SAINT LUCIA | CARIBBEAN


into a locked room or being tied to a spiky sandbox tree) which befell any enemies who had the misfortune to step ashore here. As we finish our tour at a beach


populated solely by locals and lined by red hibiscus bushes, Germaine directs us towards another storied part of Saint Lucia, Pigeon Island, for our next history lesson. I wander around the little museum to learn about the island’s Carib population and


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18th-century military ruins (from barracks to officers’ mess halls), before panting nearly 70m up to Fort Rodney, where cannons point across the sea in all directions. My breath is taken by the walk and the panorama, which stretches to neighbouring Martinique. Yet even from this vantage point, I am still drawn to the bobbing boats and impossibly blue ocean below – and all the aquatic amusements hidden within its depths.


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ABOVE: Fort Rodney, Pigeon Island BELOW: Sunset yacht cruise PICTURE: Ollie Jones/Saint Lucia Tourism Authority; Alice Barnes-Brown


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