2nd Visit to St Lucia

We arrived at about 8am.  Since we didn’t have any tour, we took our time.  In fact, we probably didn’t leave the ship until about 11.  We walked around town.  Some observations:

• The local people do NOT wear shorts, neither the men nor the women.  The men wear pants, period.  The women wear dresses or dress pants.
• The city is clean, very clean compared to Manaus. 
• Interesting buildings are scattered throughout the city.  It’s worth walking more than the downtown area to see them.
• There is no ATM in the terminal.  There is a big bank building- with a name something like the national bank of St Lucia, to down the street from the terminal entrance.  That bank is really not user friendly for ATMs.  There were machines in a couple of spots, but they didn’t seem to work.
• Don’t forget that the local currency is the Caribbean Dollar.  This is also the currency of Nevus and St Kitts.  However, it’s a relatively local currency, so saving it for another country doesn’t make sense.  They do take $US, but it is spotty, and they round up in their favor.  (Most touristy things are marked in $US.)  At least where we did business, we were able to get $US back in change. 
• Use the Scotia Bank for ATM.  There’s a Burger King near the entrance to the port.  Go down the side street that forms the corner the Burger King is on.  It is down a block and a half. 
• There is at least one public restroom in the town, but it is near enough to the port terminal, that I would recommend just walking back to the terminal for a WC.  It is located close to the door where you go out to the ship. 
• There is an internet cafe on the SECOND floor of the terminal building.  The cost is $US5.50 per hour, with a sliding scale starting at something like 10 minutes.  See the latest prices on a sign on the counter in the back.  You can sit in the little mezzanine in front of the cafe and use your own computer via wireless.  To use the internet, you can connect easily- it’s not secure, but the operator has to log you in. 
• I think everyone speaks English, but they use a different language to communicate to each other.  If it is French, then it is a distorted version.

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