St. Lucia, Relax in Heaven

They don't call the biggest mountain in St. Lucia the Jade Mountain for nothing. This place might as well be made of emeralds. Views of the sparkling deep green are no longer hard to come by in St. Lucia. I kept pinching my wife as if she would wake up and then slap me silly for slobering all over our good sheets. The views and ocean air aside, this is less becoming an all inclusive "fantasy resort" destination and new hotels are popping up on every other outcrop. Sandals alone has around three resorts there on an island smaller than cape cod. Service is still very high, and of course amenities are easy to come by. At least 1,000 hotel rooms have been added last year and another 1,000 are expected to be completed in 2010. Not to bring down the tone on this little sunspot in the caribbean, but not so many palm tree ladden white sizzling beaches to behad at St. Lucia. Still, the craggy vistas and lush jungles make the Lucia an adventurer's ticket. The next time I get vacationmoney for the caribbean, I'll take another good look at this sweet islanders emerald. If you like being up high, and you need a lofty perch to roost your bones upon, I'd surely recommend it.