The quintessential Caribbean vacation awaits the beach lover in St Lucia
St Lucia is a beautiful island with many beaches to choose from. There are several black and gold sand beaches that make this island an excellent retreat for the paradise lover.
St. Lucia beaches are all open to the public, even if they are connected to a beach resort. The western shores have the best swimming, as the eastern shore is a bit too rocky and full of rough surf to be good for swimming.
Soufriere beach, one of the beaches in St. Lucia that has dark sand and is frequented by the locals. It is also home to a beautiful resort and a spot for excellent snorkeling and diving. This is one of the St Lucia beaches with a dive shop right on the beach!
Anse du cap is a lovely black sand beach with very calm waters. It is located at the Club Le sport in Cap Estate.
Anse du cap
Other St Lucia beaches near Cap Estate are Smuggler’s Cove beach (good for snorkeling) and Anse Bucne (another black sand beach). Read more
Man for bomb hoax at St.Lucia airport
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – A French national, who threatened to blow himself up while on board a flight to Guadeloupe, has been charged for “making a bomb hoax”.
Police said Serge Basil Mishaud was preparing to board the Air Caribe plane when he told officers screening his luggage that he was in possession of bomb and was planning to detonate it while on board the flight.
Volcano erupting on flight to St. Lucia
A Calgary woman’s Caribbean holiday snapshot has gone viral, but it’s no photo of beachside frolicking that’s made Mary Jo Penkala famous.The Calgary hairdresser was aboard a WestJet flight to St. Lucia when she peered out the window and saw a “funky-looking” plume billowing above the rest of the clouds. Penkala began snapping photos furiously as the mushroom-shaped cloud shot higher in the sky.It wasn’t until the captain made an announcement urging passengers of the Boeing 737 to peek out the left side of the airplane that Penkala realized she had a perfect, birds-eye view of a volcano erupting. Read more
