Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2019 | Page 68

Sulphur Springs ? w o n k Did you 1... St. Lucia was once ruled by 2... St. Lucia is the only country in the 3... St. Lucia was initially called 4... St. Lucia’s national bird is a parrot 5... Mount Gimie is the tallest 6... St. Lucia has two Nobel Laureates: France, then Britain. The island gained its independence from Britain in February 1979 the “Island of the Iguanas” by their indigenous people, the Caribs mountain on the island. Its peak reaches 950 meters (3,117 feet) 7... Country and Western music is very popular and Country and Western dances are held in some of the island’s communities world named after a woman - Saint Lucy of Syracuse called the St. Lucia Amazon, known locally as the ‘Jacquot” Sir William Authur Lewis, 1979, Economics and Sir Derek Walcott, 1992, Literature 8... The most popular festival on the island is the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival, held annually in May 9... St. Lucia the home of Sulphur Springs, the only drive-in volcano in the world!