Bobbing gently in a kayak in a jade-coloured lagoon on St Lucia’s wild east Atlantic coast I can see waves in the distance breaking in soft white crescents on a
Moments after arriving at St Lucia’s exclusive Windjammer Landing, I emerge onto my balcony and hear giddy children splashing in the Caribbean Sea. But I can’t see them; the powerful sun an unfamiliar sight back in Ireland during the depths of winter overwhelms me.