Learning holidays TO LOVE
ISLAND INSPIRATION
CREATIVE WRITING IN THE CARIBBEAN
Amanda Swift travelled to St Lucia to hone her writing skills.
Most of my family holidays for the past 20 years have involved camping, self-catering, hiking – and lashings of UK rain. So the idea of an all-inclusive writing holiday in a luxury Caribbean resort sounded like heaven, especially as I’d also have the chance to crack the novel I’ve been wishing I had time to work on for the past 20 years.
And from the moment we stepped off the plane into the brilliant sunlight of Saint Lucia, I felt transported into a totally different world. We drove through the bustling capital city of Castries and past banana plantations before arriving at the gorgeous East Winds resort, where we were welcomed with fresh fruit smoothies and cool flannels for our faces.
‘A warm sea breeze wafted and I could hear the tuneful croak of tree frogs’
A warm sea breeze wafted as I unpacked
