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Sheila, we were at the Botanic Gardens, your first picture here in November when the Crown Princess called at St Lucia. I remember the huts, and the demonstration of dancing the cocoa beans. We had lunch there too.
This is where we did the "Best Of St Lucia By Land and Sea" tour. We did the sea portion by catamaran first, then returned to the Cartries pier by land.
As you stated, it's a very lovely island. When we were there, they were gearing up for their upcoming elections, which was held on December 10th, 2006. The opposition party won. Their unemployment rate is 27%, which is high. Land there is cheap by our standards, but expensive for them. A two bedroom house near the hotels on the north, I believe the tour guide told us, is US$65,000, whilst the same size house away from that area is US$55,000.
I definitely would like to go back for a week there.
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