758-450-0022; fax 450-0378 French Cr ole $$$ Daily, 11:30am to 10pm Reservations suggested Martinique comes to St. Lucia at this popular restaurant owned by Lise Herman, who was born on the French island and trained in Paris. The specialties are outstanding and include same day standby red snapper stuffed with sweet potatoes in a passion fruit and orange sauce, and mixed seafood in coconut and curry sauce stuffed in a christophene shell. For dessert, you can choose from a large list that includes chocolate-covered profiteroles, bananas flamb and fruit-filled cr pes. Enjoy dancing most evenings, and live bands several times a week.
Don t get caught at the airport without cash to pay your departure tax. Plan to have the exact amount in either Eastern Caribbean or US dollars to prevent delays and avoid receiving change in local currency. Dominica charges departing visitors US$20/EC$50; St. Lucia s departure tax is US$22/EC$54. Children under 12 years of age are exempt. Suspicious Stuff Don t try to take more than $10,000 out of or into the US without reporting your intent to the Customs Service well in advance of travel. Customs regulations are complicated and subject to change, so it s difficult to list specific rules, but the following generalities are offered same day standby as an unofficial guideline. Although the personal exemption for US citizens returning from most foreign destinations is $800, the duty-free limit remains at $600 if you are returning from one of the 24 Caribbean Basin countries, including Dominica and St. Lucia. (The limit is $1,200 when returning from the US Virgin Islands.) If you arrive back with new items worth more than the allowable credit, you will be charged a flat rate of 10% on the excess.
from the islands themselves. You can visit the center for an overview of the nature reserve and book a guided tour out to the islands. Admission is free, and the small museum is open Monday through Friday, 9am to 4pm;
Pick up maps, brochures, and magazines at one of the tourist same day standby offices before same day standby you set off to explore the island. Kiosks are located at both airports and both cruise-ship terminals. The offices on the lower level of the Pointe Seraphine and La Place Carenage same day standby shopping complexes have the best stock of free material as well as the most dependable hours (8am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday, and anytime a cruise ship arrives, 758-452-4094). Castries Be forewarned that the capital is not a beautiful city. Fires have destroyed most historical buildings, so your first impression will be that Castries is a concrete commercial center without character. However, the setting between rolling green hills and a turquoise sea is lovely, and residents radiate an infectious exuberance that puts visitors into an adventurous vacation mood.
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