Flying to St Lucia there are two airports, one at the north end (Castries - SLU) and one at the south end (Hewonarra/Vieux Fort - UVF). We were flying into SLU, which is the smaller of the the two airports with Caribbean Airlines from Trinidad, but will be flying out of UVF, which handles long haul international flights, with British Airways back to London Gatwick. SATURDAY Upon arrival we should have been collecting a hire car in Castries but there was an iss...

The flight across to Tobago from Port of Spain, Trinidad was just about 15 minutes from take off to touch down. We spent longer in the departure lounge than we actually did on Caribbean Airlines flight BW1814 hopping between the two main islands of Trinidad and Tobago. After collecting our hire car we started the hour long drive from Crown Point, through the outskirts of Scarborough (the capital of Tobago), to Castara. Until we got away from Scarborough we were ...

Our flight to Port of Spain, Trinidad, was with British Airways from London Gatwick. Pushback of flight BA2159 from the gate was delayed by around 50 minutes but some of this time was made up at the intermediate stop in St Lucia. By the time we arrived at Piarco International Airport at Port of Spain we were around 25 minutes late. The immigration queue was fairly slow and the questioning was thorough. We finally got a stamp in our passports and were allowed t...

Having been to Buenos Aires a number of times before we only had a few things on our 'to do' list especially as we only had one full day in the Argentine capital city. After our day trip to Colonia we had an evening walking around the Puerto Madero area of BA. This area has been transformed from old docks to a vibrant area comprising offices, apartments, bars and restaurants. It really has been done very well and is an area fit for any capital city to be proud o...

Having flown into BA the day previous we had booked on the Buquebus high speed ferry for a day trip to Colonia in Uruguay (on Wednesday 5th December) before even setting off on our trip to South America. The internet is a great resource for travellers! The ferry terminal was a ten minute walk from our hotel in Buenos Aires, and it was an early start as the ferry was scheduled to depart at 08.15, but we needed to be there at least an hour in advance to undertake ...