all right we are covering the three sync
triplet countries of the Caribbean and
today we covered the sister triplet
along with our two brothers st. Lucia
if like most people you don't know
anything about st. Lucia basically if
the Caribbean islands were a school st.
Lucia would be like hey she's mine
she's mine oh she's mine was that sexual
yeah st. Lucia is the hot chick of the
Caribbean everyone I'm your host Barb's
as you know the Caribbean countries get
the least amount of views on this
channel so I'm giving them special
privilege I literally went to these
countries like look I still have like my
tan line by the way thank you Tourism
Authority of st. Lucia for contacting me
and hooking me up with pretty much
everything so anyway today we covered
the sister triplet st. Lucia the only
country in the world named after a woman
their tourism slogan is even let her
inspire you and even the country has
physical features of a woman the locals
clearly showed me that the tallest
mountain in the country looks like her
face these scenic volcanic plugs are her
breasts and the steaming volcano is her
hey hi anyway his intros getting long we
got to move on first off the globe shall
we st. Lucia is sometimes called the
Helen of the West Indies because she was
desired and fought over like more than
any other island first of all st. Lucia
is located in the Caribbean part of the
Lesser Antilles which are all the small
islands hooking on the right side past
Puerto Rico and further part of the
windward islands which are the bottom
five islands that stretch to South
America it is about 27 miles long and 14
miles wide the island has about 20 or so
smaller islets just off their Shores
pigeon island used to be an island until
it was connected to the mainland via a
man-made causeway in 1972 the country is
made up of ten districts with the
capital and largest city of about 70,000
people Castries located in northwest
side of the country the next largest
towns will be grossy lay and view fort
down south which actually holds the
largest airport Honora international
this airport is where most international
flights come in - which is why the
country is investing so much in this one
town to attract the tourists to stay
instead of complaining about needing to
get taxis to get all the way up to the
hot spots like Castries or sue frey
Castries has the second and only other
airport Castries george FL charles
airport which has a shorter runway that
only handle
regional turboprop and prop airplanes
from other nearby islands the country
also has many other means of transport
the largest port being the port of
Castries where cruises and yachts
usually dock where as much of the cargo
vessels dock at port cul-de-sac at
Buckeye terminal which holds massive
crude oil storage tanks that cooperate
with countries like the USA Venezuela
and Colombia from there you have three
main roads that go around the island the
East Coast road the west coast road and
the Grosse Ile a highway that goes all
the way to the northern tip of the
island this whole section here is only
accessible by small local paths many of
which are not fully paved or even
accessible by vehicle the country is
planning on maybe building a highway in
the future but for now the number six
shape road network is the main means of
road transport also fun fact they are
part of the Commonwealth of Nations and
I have to give a little retraction from
our Liberia and Myanmar episodes like
many other english-speaking former
British colonized states they actually
do use to some extent imperial units
like miles and gallons so there's more
than two Wow I knew you Caribbean folks
were alright we're not alone Liberian
Miami and Mar in any case today most
town names and places are named after
French words but have like an anglicized
bastardized pronunciation reason being
because instead of renaming everything
after the French left they just kind of
reproduced
everything so it's like so yeah sooo
fray schwa zu shows oh gosh oh hell no
I'm just gonna call it Castries for what
it's worth though st. Lucia is kind of
known for being the love and romance
Island of the Caribbean it was voted the
number one honeymoon destination by the
World Travel Awards nine times oh that's
romantic why yes it is Keith I mean the
resorts and beaches are insanely
accommodating the views are pristine and
opulent you will see the colors blue
black yellow and white everywhere on
telephone poles on cars on buildings oh
and the Pirates of the Caribbean movies
were partially filmed here as well and
you can actually see the real pearl ship
in Grosse Ile a harbor they just kind of
left it there after filming yeah well we
have the entire set of Port Royale yeah
and we'll get to that in the next
episode stay tuned and speaking of cool
things to see in the country here is a
list of notable spots and sites you
might want to check out in case if you
ever decide to visit the aerial cable
tram pigeon island Rizzo rum distillery
diamond water falling Gardens Mamiko
Gardens
Tech Paul Peak the horse racing track at
fort view a ton of churches like these
castries market
Central Library derek walcott square
king george v park the apostles battery
so many abandoned sugar mills but the
coolest one probably being in Balham
Busha state this monument but the most
iconic landmark of the country though is
actually a beautiful natural site known
as the P tones but you know that the old
physical and makeup that has to be
explained in the next section okay so I
guess now I can explain the P tones are
the most treasured and revered landmark
of the nation they are so proud of these
two sharp vertical volcanic plugs here
are some jenkki drone footage shots I
got and it's even on their flag which we
will discuss on flag Friday stay tuned
in any case here's the landscape makeup
explained
first of all st. Lucia sits on the
convergence of the Caribbean play in the
North American plate this subduction is
what essentially caused the Antillean
arc where all the smaller Eastern
Caribbean islands are found essentially
many of these islands were formed
volcanic Li and st. Lucia being one of
the most active the country is over 85%
mountainous and about 77% forested
mostly on the inland parts the tallest
point being Mount Jimmy on the southwest
side of the island these jagged
mountains allow numerous natural harbors
on the edges which is one of the reasons
why it was coveted so much between the
British and French and it also allows
small rivers and creeks to meander
throughout the valleys including the
longest river the Roseau that flows into
the Caribbean the country has no main
inland bodies of water and the closest
thing to a lake would probably be the
reservoir created by the John Compton
Dam on the Risso River the country
really only has two seasons the dry
season from December to June and the wet
season from June to November hurricanes
do occasionally may strike but it is
rare that they feel the full force of
one only two in the past 30 years have
caused noticeable damage Allen in 1980
and Thomas in 2010 finally due to the
pummeling winds of the Atlantic hitting
the east side mixed with the warm
moisture of the Caribbean to the west
over the mountains it kind of creates a
miniature rain shadow effect which
causes the flatter values of the
southeast side to be slightly drier than
the forested areas of the north ooh yeah
that's the thing you'll notice the south
side actually is noticeably drier than
the north it's weird it almost looks
like a savanna in any case I'm getting
kind of tired I need my triple shot of
espresso break from a mug that you can
get a jug of now calm so that means Noah
comes in for this segment hey I'm Noah
you can get a shirt at geography now
calm as well art I asked for Noah not
you so oh yeah I'm back now physically
as a Caribbean nation
st. Lucia is special in a lot of ways
for one they are a geothermal island
with active vents the most famous one
being Sulphur Springs the world's only
drive-in volcano here you can not only
stop by on the side it's witness
esteeming fountains and bubbling ponds
of muddy water that have a pungent
sulfur smell you can also stop by the
hot spring and mud bath area there you
can jump into the warm pools or you can
slab exfoliating mud all over yourself
let it dry and then jump back in and
wipe off the mud historically st. Lucia
switched from being a sugar dominated
industry to a banana producing power
house today bananas are still grown the
largest concentration in Brazil but the
industry has waned and more people are
growing other crops either to diversify
the agriculture sector this of course
leads us to the obvious fact the largest
industry that keeps them afloat at
around 65 percent of their GDP is in
tourism I'm a backpacker on a budget can
I go here yeah kind of you can find
lower and Airbnb accommodations and
cheaper activities but generally keep in
mind most places of interest cater to
the high-end luxury cruise lines dock
daily and visitors usually opt to stay
at high-end resorts on top of that like
many other Caribbean nations they have a
15% value-added tax on purchases oh wow
I mean okay so you mean like sales tax
it's basically sales tax Dan California
already has like 10% and I thought that
was high and come here man it's like a
duty-free stud bro
guys shut up my episode anyway one issue
the country faces has been littering and
outskirt in rural areas away from
resorts to combat this numerous
recycling facilities have been built by
the government mostly inland by the town
of Bechstein which is good because it
keeps the land lush and green not only
aesthetically appealing but optimal for
animals and here's our animal
correspondent to explain your yellow you
site Lucia is a rip tall and big
paradise today lizards and geckos can be
found crawling over all over buildings
and vehicles the island is a haven for
birds of all kinds like finches and
Warblers snakes of all kinds are here as
well including what is considered the
most rare snake in the world
us snake the island only has two main
wild species of mammals Mongoose and the
agouti now you're more likely to find
dogs and cats roaming around everywhere
freely it's hard to
if there pits or strikes but very often
they're most likely strays and finally
the national animal the st. Lucia parrot
is the only bird endemic to the country
it is a vibrant beautiful arrived
colorful feathers thank you now we
finish off this segment as we always do
food st. Lucia is home to a wide variety
of dishes some of which you can find in
other Caribbean states like calla lily a
pepper potts I made I'm saying Marvel
character Pepper Potts it some more
Lucian specialties though include things
like cocoa tea Boyan stew Farina and
cassava bread float bakes and any drink
made by the Piton company as well as a
national dish green fig salad and
saltfish oh and if you ever stop by
check out the fondue chocolate
plantation where you can witness the
traditional way of making chocolate you
can taste cocoa fruit which is actually
kind of tangy and sweet and if you see
him say hi to Clinton he'll show you the
chocolate dance done in a massive metal
tub mixing the cocoa seeds by feet and
that's kind of the Lucian way they like
to make work fun nice people which
brings us to thank you Noah you are
welcome I asked you guys Ellucian jug
peeps what do you feel when you say you
are evolution and here are some of the
things you said it's paradise solution
is a paradise place they're talking
they're talking you're gonna say their
solution we're talking is the way we're
gonna sit in Creole like it's a must you
must find some way to go to solution you
can I don't want to be anybody else you
know I always enjoy someone asking me
where I am from and a little bit like
when I have to visit this place
solutions bridges if they feel something
is right it should be anyway first of
all the country has almost two hundred
thousand people and was fought over 14
times between the British and French
more times than any other country in the
Caribbean the majority of the country is
afro-caribbean at about 85% almost all
are descendants of slaves brought over
from colonial times in addition there
are another 10% or so of mixed-race
people mostly between black and European
then you have a small minority of
Indians at about 2% mostly descendants
of servants brought over from futhark
and jocund in India back in the 19th
century the remaining 3% are all other
groups including the native Colleen a
[ __ ] Arabs and white Lucian's mostly
with English heritage they use the East
Caribbean dollar as the currency lays
the American types a and B plug outlets
sometimes the British type G and they
drive on the left side of the road which
is funny because you'll notice they
prefer to import a lot of non customized
cars from Japan so you'll see a lot of
dashboard touchscreens and Japanese and
the people just kind of figure out what
the buttons mean without actually
knowing how to read Japanese I saw this
in all three st. countries no joke if
there's one thing that Lucian's can show
a deep sense of distinct pride apart
from the rest of their cousins it's the
fact that they are officially a
bilingual nation with English and their
own unique lucien creole which is french
based during slavery times the african
inhabitants were kind of subjected to
centuries of confusion i mean it was
like repeat after me the word is l'amour
city address address address address
address address a and it's stuck it has
been somewhat standardized they have a
lucien creole dictionary schools are
allowed to teach in both languages
essentially they can pretty much
communicate with all the other
french-based creole caribbean countries
and generally they can communicate with
the french when they visit as long as
they don't talk too fast I was told by
you guys some popular things Aleutians
say I think that last one was like a
swear word but whatever nobody except
you guys solutions will care the country
is relatively well-off compared to their
neighbors and in a hostel do with the
government putting a huge emphasis on
education which follows many methods
from the lowest model it helped them
transition out of an agrarian based
economy to a service driven one in the
mid to late twentieth century it was
kind of like oh man I'm a mess I gotta
like send a ton of my people to
universities abroad knowledge is power
and stuff hi everybody I'm like totally
more developed and geopolitically on par
with other sustainable sovereignties
want to take a walk on the beach I just
had the sands of Puerto from Guyana but
whatever and that's kind of partially
how st. Lucia has gone from bananas to
luxury resorts
anyway that's like all the technical
stuff so now here's the fun culture
stuff and with that it's time for random
Hannah
in essence st. Lucia is a country that
loves to show itself off whenever it can
in fact October is considered Creole
month where all the festivities
highlight the importance of the
Ellucian Creole identity during the
festivities many fun activities are
performed like bamboo bursting I wish
the locals make makeshift cannons out of
large hollowed-out bamboo poles with
kerosene fueled explosions whoa that's
really cool we should do that here at
geography now blast things up the
biggest festival though would have to be
the Jazz and Arts Festival in May
cricket is probably the most popular
sport Darren Sammy probably being the
most notable player there's even a
stadium named after him Lucian's are
proud of the fact they have two Nobel
laureates which make them the country
with the highest number of Prize winners
per capita just like other islands on
the French or French influenced
Caribbean the magis dress and the
traditional garb of women the majority
of the country is Christian about 93
percent with the largest denomination
being Catholic at about 60% buildings in
st. Lucia are generally built lower to
the ground to a standard cane season the
tallest building is the National
Insurance Building at only seven storeys
tall when visiting you'll probably
notice that most homes are built on
columns and you would think it was to
level off hillsides or assist with
floods but that's not necessarily the
case
many Aleutians actually do this because
they see it as a future investment they
build their homes as a single elevated
unit as the lower exposed level could
eventually be converted into a second
rental or business and finally as
mentioned the Lucian's take huge pride
in their creole in fact much of the
recent revival is attributed to creole
artists in the music industry they kind
of popularized and make creole
cool-sounding to young people to explain
that we go to the swamps of Florida with
for Eddie and Keith oh and I'm going
here for my birthday what
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what so Hannah you I've done nothing for
you since you joined geography now and I
even missed your birthday this is my way
of saying happy birthday to Hannah you
and Ian you Indian congratulations
Hannah
all right so hey guys so just so you
know brush is one of my favorite bands
so you know fair use and all that stuff
whoo no suing now st. Lucia has lots of
different musical preferences must fall
within the general Caribbean group of
genres like reggae afro punkin so good
however the one sub-genre that is
distinctly Lucian that all people are
proud of would be dinner e segment this
style uses a much faster tempo lyrics
mixed with English and Creole
and usually the words are quite explicit
and controversial but it's played off in
a very satirical and comedic way like
they are some of the only people that
can make domestic violence sound funny
in a song this is the reason why denry
segment was actually banned from the
radios fortunately it was brought back
because it was like stop it you punks
you are not allowed to play that garbage
on the radio we abolished dinner e
segment to the pizza hell hey oh man I
love this music let's pile their albums
and invite these Lucian's over we can
learn a thing or two from them hey those
are my people and it came from our
nation don't you dare try to steal our
culture in any case January segment has
played with all the time during
festivals and carnivals as the romance
nation everywhere you go you'll just
hear some form of the Caribbean Flair in
the air alright that's it I got no bass
guitar today CGI in bass guitar here
right here or maybe put a fish in my
hands while I hear slap thanks Keith and
now we move on to the history segment in
the shortest way I can condense it Taino
native people settlers Colleen I go
tribe invasion pirate settlement from
the French slavery French British power
struggle brigands slave rebellion battle
for Saint Lucia world war one saint
lucian zijn list world war ii saint
lucian zijn list Nazi u-boat attacks
Castries Castries fire of 1948
independence fall of agriculture-based
economy
age of Industry into
and here we are today some of the most
famous people you guys suggested we
mentioned in this episode include Sir
Dunstan st. Omer Sir John George Melton
Compton Dame Marie Sophia decart Johnson
Charles Kenny Anthony chef Nina Compton
all these singers and actors
Laverne Spencer and compassion Creole
comedy is a famous group so there you go
the romance nation with a Creole culture
throw in some pirates and iguanas and
that st. Lucia and speaking of romance
let's see who this hot girl of the
Caribbean is totally dating and into
these days
st. Lucia is a country that loves to
love but she knows how to choose her
crew wisely for one outside of the
Caribbean st. Lucia is tied heavily with
both the USA in Canada as they make up
the largest visitor group out of anyone
in the world whether by air or cruise
ship business is huge between the two as
well the US company Hess Corp
constructed a massive multi-billion
dollar petroleum refinery on the west
side of the country that helps assist in
the storage and transport of fuel across
North America the UK and France of
course are still heavily tied with st.
Lucia as well as the former colony of
both states both countries people visit
often and both even have small lucien
communities living abroad mostly in
London or in the French overseas
territories in the Caribbean like
Martinique Guadeloupe or Guiana st.
Lucia is one of the only few countries
that recognizes Taiwan sovereignty over
the People's Republic of China and in
2007 they formally recognized the state
effectively suspending ties with the PR
OC within a few days following the
Taiwanese president has visited an
investment projects have been
established such as the helping of
extending the international airport when
it comes to their best friends however
usually it falls within their Caribbean
neighbors as the only three sovereign
states in the Caribbean to have
extensive French colonial background
Haiti and Dominica have a special
relationship with st. Lucia
Haiti is like the big wild sister in
Dominica often called Dominique is like
the quieter twin sister that likes to
read and keep to herself these three are
the independent french creole countries
and even though they are quite different
culturally when they meet up they still
nod and totally get each other for their
closest friends though I asked you guys
the luciene geography and most of you
agreed the French overseas island
territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique
often called guava and mattnic are
probably the closest these three islands
have the closest Creole they love each
other and visit often multiple flights
and see ferries connect them Martinique
is probably the closer one as they
at one point a dependency of Martinique
under the French West India Company
today many people have families in each
other's islands and they are absolutely
infatuated and in love with each other
in conclusion st. lotions are kind of
weirdly proud of the fact that even
though they have a history of
colonialism and a little bit of chaos
there were still fought over 14 times
more than anybody else so they were kind
of desired and and they still kept the
identity of the Creole culture alive
even after all those centuries
stay tuned st. Vincent is coming up next
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