St Lucia Tid Bits

Things to know about St Lucia:

It rains every day. And by rains I mean pours buckets so you always leave your house with an umbrella

It doesn’t matter if you wear scrubs or short shorts you will get SSSSS’ed at. Yes that’s right SSSSSS like a snake

Grown Men wear Jelly shoes. You know the ones like you had in the 80’s that were hot pink and made a comeback in the 90’s with the buckle? Yes those.

Dogs sleep with roosters and follow chicks around. There are so many street dogs and some cats. But whenever I see a street dog I see a Rooster nearby.

Horses and goats roam the side of the streets.

The people of St Lucia are extremely friendly and helpful. This is especially true when they see a girl walking the hot streets with bags of groceries and a jug of water.

Its loud outside!! Dusk through Dawn sounds of Dogs crying and barking, music playing and frogs and insects chirping through the night until the Roosters take over in the morning. The roosters also continue on and off throughout the day with the chirping birds.

It’s gorgeous here but very poor, the streets I walk down to the Hospital are definitely not paradise, which is personally very humbling.

You can always tell when the cruise ship docks because the vendors are out trying to sell their goods and the cabbies are eager to give rides and you can spot the white people with their bags full of souvenirs looking lost.

Walking the hot streets of St Lucia reminds me of walking down Fulton Street in Brooklyn

To have a vaginal birth here cost $100 EC, If you need a C-section that’ll cost ya $1000 EC. Translation= These Midwives don't make much at all!!

The mangoes are the most delicious mangoes I’ve ever had

Food here is expensive. Cereal can cost anywhere from 10-18EC’s which is about 5-9 USD. Yogurt is $4EC and we spend the most on the gallons of water that we consume which runs us about $8EC’s for 5Litres. (See empty jugs below from past 4 days)

There's no "hot" water. Cold showers for everyone!! (Which hasn't been an issue because it's so hot) Not to worry electric kettles can be found everywhere including the hospital.

 The local beer Piton the Rainier Beer of St Lucia.