Definitely the dodgiest island, but also the most scenic
The only thing I have heard about St. Lucia from my friends is how disgusting the island is (although they did live there). I must say it was a big dodgy and run down, but I really liked it.
The scenery was great with a lot of forests and mountains. We ended up doing an excursion that took us to the other side of the island (too much driving for me) where we went to some volcanic baths that literally stunk (sulfur does smell bad). And we bathed in there for a bit and rubbed ourselves down and continued to stink for the rest of the trip.
I managed to interact with some locals at one of our stops and it seemed to me that most of them were selling weed to anyone they could. I didn’t buy any, but I saw some kids from the boat buy some very sneakily so their parents could not see.
This is probably an island I would return too, but I would want a nice scenic outlook on the beach, and a bunch of bananas to enjoy my stay….