Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2019 | Page 68
Sulphur Springs
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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!