A short flight later and I am landing on St. Lucia. I can’t believe the difference in both geography and climate. This island appears more mountainous than the previous ones I’ve landed on and is also volcanic. It is raining here today, though the local people assure me that it was dry here just a few weeks ago. What a difference a few weeks of rain make! It reminds me of when I was in the jungles and rain forests in places like Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. I quickly fell in love with the food available here – mangoes, coconut trees and acres and acres of bananas. The capital city, Castries, is a beautiful location as well. From here I am able to view cruise ships as they stop and allow vacationers to visit this gorgeous place on their way to other picturesque locations.
I was very pleased with the outcome of my meeting with Rufus George Bousquet, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is a very busy man and I very much appreciate the time he took to meet with me. He relayed that the government is aware of our independence and supports it 100 percent. He stated that it’s a matter of meeting in the Cabinet and sending us a formal decision. His view is that we deserve independence after everything that we’ve been through and is looking forward to establishing diplomatic relations with our country very soon. He also suggested meeting with their Ambassador to the United Nations.
I want to give a huge thank you to all of the welcoming media in this country: Anne Edwards was a great help in getting things rolling for my interview with DBS television; Sherlana Ernest and her editor Victor Marquis at the Voice newspaper were very knowledgeable, enthusiastic and showed great admiration for our country; and Mr. Jason Sifflet with the Star newspaper was very passionate about writing a great article about my beautiful country of Kosovo. Jason, your previous travels to Eastern Europe made me feel much closer to completing our mission upon the initial meeting. Bless you all and your beautiful country.
The Voice – National news paper of St. Lucia
