1. The natural harbor in the modern capital of Castries and the ideal climate for planting sugar cane made it a tempting prize.

2. The capital city is Castries, where a third of the locals live.

3. Castries oil is a high-residual carbon, high-asphaltene crude oil. Its vacuum residue is prone to producing shot coke during coking processing.

4. Sea Ixora remained silent as they drove back to the lodging house in Castries.

5. A local doctor and a parish church, St Marks, both situated in the town of Castries.