Tips for St Lucia

Well will be off to St Lucia in 4 weeks time for my honeymoon so was after some pointers of places and sites to go to and see and the best gear to take with me as i will be traveling out from the UK so cant take as much as i wanted and need to buy any other lenses etc that might come in useful in the next few weeks before i go.Any help tips or exzamples would be most apreciated,thankyou.

Hi,

Depending on where you are staying, in the North West of the island, there's a weekly party called Jump Up or something like that.

This link has references to it, definately a good hang out for people shots.

http://www.virtualtour​ist.com …ife-Saint_Lucia-BR-1.html

We also took a boat trip down the West of the island to the pitons. Very photogenic they are too.

Hope this helps

Darren

I cant remember the name of the waterfalls we visited when there many years ago but they were worth the visit. As said before the Pitons are a must Enjoy your honeymoon.
Ricky

Gadget-Guy wrote in post #3755220
Well will be off to St Lucia in 4 weeks time for my honeymoon so was after some pointers of places and sites to go to and see and the best gear to take with me as i will be traveling out from the UK so cant take as much as i wanted and need to buy any other lenses etc that might come in useful in the next few weeks before i go.Any help tips or exzamples would be most apreciated,thankyou.

Don't forget water and flashlights - you're still in hurricane season in 4 weeks.

J.

Gadget-Guy wrote in post #3755220
Well will be off to St Lucia in 4 weeks time for my honeymoon .............. Any help tips or exzamples would be most apreciated,thankyou.

Marriage Tip: Don't forget to spend some time with your new bride.

Gadget-Guy wrote in post #3755220
Well will be off to St Lucia in 4 weeks time for my honeymoon

"With sustained winds near 150 mph, Dean left behind floods, debris and at least three deaths on the islands of St. Lucia, Martinique and Dominica on Friday."

You may want to keep an eye on the Caribbean situation from this extremely powerful & dangerous hurricane or any others that follow. While absolutely gorgeous, many of these small islands don't have a whole lot of ability to rapidly recover from the devastation. If already booked, check with your tour agency or the hotel itself as to conditions and if necessary or possible, rebook somewhere else.

Good luck and congratulations,

dicky109 wrote in post #3756445
"With sustained winds near 150 mph, Dean left behind floods, debris and at least three deaths on the islands of St. Lucia, Martinique and Dominica on Friday."

You may want to keep an eye on the Caribbean situation from this extremely powerful & dangerous hurricane or any others that follow. While absolutely gorgeous, many of these small islands don't have a whole lot of ability to rapidly recover from the devastation. If already booked, check with your tour agency or the hotel itself as to conditions and if necessary or possible, rebook somewhere else.

Good luck and congratulations,

Get travel insurance - this will allow you to cancel in the event of something like this.

We did our honeymoon sailing in the Virgin Islands back in 1987. While the hurricane situation was much calmer then, we spent an hour every evening listening to the VHF for the positions of tropical waves (precursor to tropical storms and hurricanes) and keeping track of them. Now through mid October is the busiest time for Hurricane season.

When we do travel down there (and we do it often) we do make sure that we carry our own "emergency" stuff like compact but powerful flashlights (LED ones are great), extra batteries, leatherman or equivalent, some basic First Aid stuff, and cash (not just credit cards). If you are stranded in a situation like this, you can't spend with credit cards (no power) and you may need to buy your way off the island post or pre hurricane. In times like that, cash is king. Then, when down there, keep abreast of the weather out in the Atlantic a ways.

J.

Thankyou all for your responces,and for some of the points that have been brought up,Just need to sort out now which bits of kit to take with me and i will be all set for the 2 weeks.

Would of loved to of taken a tripod but need to go easy on the amount of weight i take with me but think i might get another lens as a general walk about either the 24-70 f2.8 or the 24-105 f4.

we're going to st lucia on our honeymoon too. end of october and we're stayng at windjammer and ladera. can't wait. i've been looking at zip lines through the jungle. have fun and please report back

well????

less than two weeks until i'm there. i bought the g9 and underwater housing for the trip

What do you think of the camera and the housing?

I'm considering this same one (don't need to get married, already have a spouse).

J

i love the camera........so far (after about a week with it). and i just got the housing today. haven't even put the camera in it yet. i will def report back after the honeymoon though.