Southshore: You have discovered the great secret of the southern Caribbean. All those beautiful green mountains only exist because of the constant rain! LOL. We had the same thing in St Lucia the end of November. One of my main rules about traveling is to make sure you book a comfortable room. You never know when you will see the inside of the room more that the outside. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />

You must have flown into the Vieux Fort airport, on the opposite end of the island from your hotel. The regional airport is much closer. You would have to fly to San Juan and change planes to fly in there.

St. Lucia is nothing like St Martin. It has a very poor population and not much business except tourism and agriculture. We have lots of St Lucian immigrants in the USVI and they are wonderful, kind,and hard-working people. And they think our part of the Caribbean is very dry and dull!

It sounds like you had a good sense of humor about the trip. If you ever return, look into the southern part of St Lucia. It is like another world...