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3. Bananas
This is a no-brainer. Before the island went gung-ho on tourism, Saint Lucia made a good living off of their banana crop. Unfortunately an island can't compete with the huge banana-producing countries of South America, and so the bunches that do grow on the island are either there to feed the locals or just hanging out for fun. Banana trees are in people's front yards, along the street, and maybe even dangling suggestively over your head as you kick back in a hammock. A banana hammock?

2. The Cocoa Stick
As Lady Gaga once sagely stated: "Let's have some fun, this beat is sick; I wanna eat some cocoa off your cocoa stick." That's how the song goes, right? These solid cigar-size rods of cocoa are sold in the markets for a dollar or two, and yet shaving off the cocoa into hot milk or tea gives your drink an exotic touch no Starbucks would dare attempt. These sticks are made from the island's indigenous cocoa beans, which are hand-peeled and foot-mixed at Fond Deux Cocoa Estate just outside of the town of Soufrière. Break us off a piece of that.

1. A variety of Ginger Lily
This list was totally worth reading just for this picture, right? We spotted this Ginger Lily flower on the aforementioned Fond Deux Cocoa Estate, and yes—we were puzzled at first. Turns out that the flower hasn't yet fully bloomed and thus hasn't ruined all the fun quite yet. For now, it remains the focus of our jokes and a newfound curiosity regarding Ginger Lilies.

Disclosure: Jaunted is traveling to St. Lucia as a guest of Jetblue and the St. Lucia Tourism Board

Related Stories:
· Fond Doux Estate [Official Site]
· St. Lucia Field Trip coverage [Jaunted]