Rita Daggett

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> The other thing I got from our cruise to St. Lucia is that I don't
> ever want to fly in there. The runways are SHORT and you have to
> basically get to the edge of the runway and drop straight down to miss
> something (IIRC). The thing that stuck in my mind was more the takeoffs.
> The airport had a little ski jump at the end of the runway, sorta like
> the British Aircraft carriers..
If you docked at Castries, you saw the 'small' airport; there is a much
bigger one with long runways down in the south where the big aircraft go.
Its then a longish bumpy ride to most of the hotels which are in the north
(unless you go to Anse Chastenet, Jalousie or one or two of the others which
also have the advantage of being near The Pitons) but you get to see some of
the island that way! There is also the option of helicopter transfer from
Hewonawarra (or some such name of airport in south) to the one near
Castries.
Have you considered Grenada? That did suffer badly from hurricane damage in
2005 but is probably mostly repaired now. We stayed at the all-incl La
Source (which is just about to re-open I think) which again had really good
wines and generally good food too (as well as included spa treatments and
other activities) but you might prefer something closer to the capital.

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Rita Daggett