We just returned from a week at The Body Holiday Le Sport near Castries. Yes, the mosquitoes were fierce. We definitely could not enjoy sitting on our balcony in the evenings or before bed. Although I didn't notice them during the daylight hours. We used 25% deet repellent in the evenings. Definitely pack enough repellent and an after bite stick. I also carried Off Deep Woods towelettes. We did ask for the resort to spray our room each evening at turndown. Supposedly our resort did spray the common areas as well and my husband thought he could tell by the smell in the evenings that they had sprayed. I just returned from St Lucia a week ago. We stayed at Crystals (just outside of Soufriere). Here's what I can tell you. St Lucia bracing for more cases of chikungunya disease. Please don't use the comments to advertise. Weather Update. Be informed about your illness. Don’t relinquish your opportunity to find out exactly what is wrong with you. This doesn’t mean you should challenge your doctor. I live in South Florida (halfway between Miami and Ft. The day after I returned from St Lucia, I went to visit my brother. He lives 1-1/2 miles from me. I will admit he lives on 1-1/2 acres (with a canal running down the back side of his property). Even so, I thought it was rather amusing when I sat in his front yard for about 10 minutes, turned to him and said 'I spent 4 days on the edge of a rain forest and had to come home to get bit my a mosquito'. Don't cheat yourself out of a wonderful stay on this beautiful island. Go, explore, and enjoy!! Since I'm on island now and have been for a while I can tell you a lot about this illness as we have been looking it as much as possible. First off I wouldn't cancel a trip because of it, especially if you are healthy. If you have any type of significant chronic auto immune problem I'd be really, really careful. In general the best thing to do is cover up as much as you can (especially later in the day or after a big rain), use a good, natural essential oils spray--that way you can put it on a lot without ill effects, and use netting at night. Currently, the amount of mosquitos (and other bugs) have been fairly low, especially in the south, but that can change at any time. I can tell you that this illness is really nasty. It effects everyone a little differently but so many of the symptoms are similiar from person to person. The way it hits a person infected it reminds me of a neurological illness like MS. It appears to be way, way under reported. We've met well over 50 local people that have had it, some getting it while we've been here.
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