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[Libor] It is said Saint Lucia,

with its magical volcanic peaks,
rainforests and rare fauna,

is the most romantic island
in the Caribbean.

Perhaps that is the reason why the English
and French fought over it 14 times.

To this day it attracts romantic couples
and adventurers sailing the oceans.

In spite of that, only few
discover its real character.

What is hidden behind the boundary
of perfection which many do not cross,

is Saint Lucia also
a paradise for the locals?

[gentle music playing]

[Petra] There are moments
we wish could last forever.

Particularly in places
which we are attracted to like a magnet.

The local pristine kingdom of coral
rises from the fathomless depths.

The desire to capture its beauty

and find a mutual connection
between the quiet undersea world

and the colorful life onshore

became the goal
of our next Escape to Nature.

[gentle music continues]

[man] The black sand beaches
here on this island are truly amazing.

In today's hustle and bustle world,

um, one could really not ask
for much more peace inside one's soul

than to live in a truly unique island
such as Saint Lucia.

[Libor] Originally the site
of one of the first Indian settlements,

today we can find the remarkable
plantation of Balenbouche

with its 18th-century building.

It was about 30 years ago,
I came here on holiday

and my father-in-law said,

"Uta, don't worry
about the problems at the estate."

The farm was quite devastated
after a hurricane.

He was telling me not to worry,
the nature would heal itself.

Within several days I became convinced
I could sort out many of the problems.

My parents taught me
back home in Austria how to farm

and how to take care of a garden.

Later, I spent some time in the Far East
working as an interior designer,

which gave me an experience
of different cultures.

That background was good preparation
for dealing with the local problems.

I sensed that Balenbouche
was a very spiritual place

and I was feeling
a strong bond to nature here.

I became the guardian of it.

Balenbouche really is
a very magical place.

I am sensitive to spiritual energy

and that too made me decide
to stay here and protect the farm.

Most people would not respect this aspect
and would not take care of it.

[Libor] The riches of the locals are not
only represented by their natural wealth

but also by a sense
of humility and respect

for their own skills and talents.

I started with my mother
at the age of nine, nine years.

We were learning to clean the pond
and carry the clay.

And after I left school,
I kept on doing the same.

[Libor] Irene Alphonse has devoted
her life to traditional pottery.

Today her creations grace
luxurious residences on the island.

In her 40 years
of plying her artistic talents,

she has collected many prizes

and her distinctive pottery
has been presented

in several international exhibits.

I'm now known as Zaka, [chuckles]

which is a lot easier than my real name

[Petra] Simon Gajadar,

a local artisan whose fame crossed
the borders of the island,

grew up in London.

His masks are valued trophies to tourists

and many restaurants
around the world use them

for their distinctive flair
in decorating their interiors.

[upbeat guitar melody playing]

His art is inspired by motifs of plants,
forests and the sea,

exploiting the natural structure
and faults of tropical wood

accentuated by colors.

The name Zaka, which Simon chose
as his business pseudonym,

is Haitian for "God of the forest,
trees and Earth."

[man] Scuba St. Lucia is probably
the longest established dive facility

on the island. Uh...

We've just received
our 30-year PADI award,

that we are thirty-year members with PADI.

Uh, we are very well equipped.
We have about 50 sets of dive equipment,

we have about 300 tanks,

which are 200 air tanks
and 100 Nitrox tanks.

Uh, we offer all kinds of courses,
from beginner courses to dive master.

We have some beautiful reefs
to dive in so people come down.

Very good for macrophotography,
videography.

[Petra] Just a few meters from the shore

we encounter a remarkable underwater
creature, the frogfish.

Its fins are like feet,
complete with small toes.

He hunts his pray - smaller fish
and crustaceans - almost unnoticeably.

By quickly opening his jaws
he sucks them in with a lightning speed.

Waiting in one place he tempts
the prey on his first dorsal thorn,

which is pointing toward his eyes

and reminds us of a fishing rod
with a bait on its point.

They camouflage well
and blend with its surroundings.

[Libor] To miss the lonely sea horse
is even easier.

Most often he is attached
to sea weed and sea growths.

Through its snout he sucks in water
and filters his food from it:

fine crustaceans and plankton.

The marine reservation in Soufrière
was established 17 years ago

to help stop
the tremendous decline in sea life.

The amount of fish and corals
soon began to rise.

Today the fishermen know
where they can and cannot fish.

[soft music playing]

[Petra] Some fish are satisfied
with a very small territory.

The darkfin jawfish
makes a corridor in the coral grit

or in the sand close to the reefs
and hides there during the night.

[Libor] Evolution has equipped
all creatures

with a way of protecting themselves.

Be it a leftover casket or poison
in their skin or in its protrusion.

I tell everyone: do not touch anything.

[eerie ambient music playing]

- [birds calling in the distance]
- [serene music playing]

[Petra] We are heading
for a nearby plantation, Anse Mamin,

to meet with our guide, Meno.

His friends call him the Shaman.

He knows the medicinal powers
of local plants

and notices even the quietest
inhabitants of the tree tops.

Today he plans to show us
a little different skill.

I will show you how to open a coconut
without a machete, if you're in survival.

Let's go.

Okay, you're lost in the jungle
for three or four weeks

and you've got a coconut and don't know
how to open it. You'll starve and die.

But if you know how to do the job,
then you survive.

Let me show you how I do it in survival.

Find a nice rock.
Go on the rock like a little monkey.

And now hit.

Mm-hm.

Mm-hm. Then I turn.

[grunts]

Turn again.

Okay?

See what happened then? There.

I peel.

There.

I peel.

Now, you see those stubs?
That can light you a very quick fire.

So it's survival, you need a fire,
you open the coconut and you'll get fire.

We make mattresses
and pillows from those things.

Very good mulch for the garden, too.

So nothing wasted in there. Okay?

Now.

You're thirsty, you don't want to waste
the juice, you want to drink it.

Watch how I'm going to crack open.

I use that same rock.

Some people use a drill or a machete,
but I use my hands.

I crack.

There. Top off.

[Petra] Anse Mamin plantation
was founded in the18th century

when Saint Lucia was a French colony.

Meno knows every stone here,

even the one you must give a wide berth to
since it harbors a nest of wild red bees.

[peaceful music playing]

[Libor] Our trip to find jewels
of vegetation

leads us to Diamante Botanical Garden

on the outskirts
of a town called Soufrière.

The garden's allure is not only
its beautiful tropical plants

but the promise of rejuvenation
in its mineral spa.

These were originally built
directly over the hot springs

by Ludwig XIV for his troops.

[birds chirping]

[Petra] Even Josephine,
wife of Napoleon Bonaparte,

used to bathe in them
and admire the local bromelias,

heliconias, orchids and ginger plants.

[Libor] Look! A hummingbird's nest.

An inconspicuous
but noteworthy little bird.

[peaceful music continues]

[water rushing]

[soft guitar melody playing]

[Petra] The 20th century
also brought fame to the garden.

It was under this waterfall
colored by mineral sediments

that Superman picked
a rare orchid for Lois Lane.

[Libor] Unlike love,
the orchid no longer grows here.

[soft guitar melody continues]

[Libor] The increasing smell
of rotten eggs

assures us that we are on the right path
approaching sulfur springs.

We expected a larger crater

because this path is described
like a way to a volcano.

It used to be possible
to walk among the little pools,

until one day the edge gave way
and a guide fell in.

He survived but with heavy burns.

Since then,
entry to the devil's field is forbidden.

[Petra] The combination of heat
and the smell of sulfur

leaves my head spinning a little.

The locals are used to the sulfur smell,

although those who work here
are regularly sent by the government

for medical check-ups of their lungs.

[overlapping conversations]

[Libor] The provincial town of Soufrière
is named after the sulfur springs.

Early in the morning we make our way
to the Saturday market

where the locals shop.

We want to acquaint ourselves with both
the ingredients of local kitchens

and lifestyle.

- [people chattering indistinctly]
- [thudding in the distance]

[Petra] The islanders guard
their personal space

and any attempt to take pictures
is a bit hazardous

unless there is a prior arrangement.

[woman shouting indistinctly]

[Libor] There are things in which
Saint Lucians are uncompromising.

The beautiful but poisonous lionfish,
which appeared here by chance,

are on the hunted list.

Should they spread,

it would seriously upset the fragile
balance of life on the coral reef

by eating other fish and crustaceans.

Every diver is asked to report locations
where the lionfish has been seen.

Then local professional divers
mark the spot with a buoy

and, later, the fish is caught.

[Petra] Soufrière was
once inhabited by Indians

and to this day it is referred to
as the spiritual center of the island.

The French arrived in the 17th century and
began to cultivate the very fertile land.

The first European settlers
tried to cultivate bananas.

To this day, the streets keep
its quiet French character.

The touristic atmosphere, so typical
to the northern part of the island,

is absent here.

[Libor] Directly under the watchful eye
of the Large Piton

in the most beautiful part of the island
life flows in its undisturbed rhythm.

[serene music playing]

[Libor] It's getting dark.

With the sun's last rays we slip
under the waves of the warm Atlantic.

Night dives are a doorway
into a mysterious other world

filled with thousands
of remarkable organisms.

[Petra] We can only see what is lit
by the narrow section of our torch beam

and Libor's camera lights.

It is a strange feeling not to know what
is hiding just a little outside the light.

We move cautiously so as
not to touch the fragile Venus's fan.

That's the nickname
of the beautiful gorgonian coral.

[Libor] They are a great refuge
for many creatures:

for instance the trumpet fish.

A fascinating predator
who usually approaches its pray

by hiding behind
a larger plant-eating fish.

[Petra] No dumb fish, this one!

[gentle music playing]

[Libor] Strange creatures
creep out of their hideouts.

[Petra] I'm amazed by the beautiful shapes

the coral has formed
over hundreds of years

by the casings of polyps
which slowly build around themselves

the next level of coral reef
out of carbonate calcite.

Over time, the casings
are reminiscent of antique vases.

[Libor] We are lucky to see the puffer
fish in its different stages of growth

all in one dive.

A young one...

a teenager...

and an adult.

This predominantly nocturnal fish
is a bad swimmer.

If it feels threatened
it is able to blow itself up

by sucking in a large quantity of water

which results in its sharp spines
bristling up and it becoming a spiky ball.

Careful, don't touch!

[soft somber music playing]

[Libor] Night time is usually hunting time
for underwater creatures,

so caution is advisable.

Flashes of light and stressful situations

may provoke an attack
on perceived intruders.

[Petra] The reclusive moray eel
has inward bent, needle-like teeth.

If bitten, the bacteria from his last meal

would most likely
result in a nasty infection.

[Libor] The only difference
between a rock and a scorpion fish

are its unobtrusive eyes.

Almost impossible to spot in the dark,

its poisonous spikes cause very painful
and dangerous wounds just by contact.

[Petra] Spiny lobsters,
very impressive creatures

that have been living on this planet
more than 200 million years,

appear mostly at night.

They are sociable but protect themselves
against their main enemy, the octopus,

by using sharp spiny antennae
longer than their bodies.

[Libor] The spiny and slipper lobsters
may be buddies

since they have both been on the planet
about the same amount of time.

[Petra] A night sighting
of one of these small frogfish

is truly a stroke of luck.

[Libor] The greatest concern
of the clever squid

is to have its supper as fast as it can

so it does not become
somebody else's supper.

It hunts by
aggressively attacking its prey

and is capable of biting through
even a hard shell in an instant.

[soft music playing]

[Libor] As with all cephalopods,

this beauty with perfect vision
lives fast and dies young...

often only after having sex just once.

[soft music continues]

[Petra] Perhaps that too is the reason why
her beauty is so stunning and intense.

The glow of phosphorescent medusa
we meet on our way up

is a preview of
the starry sky awaiting us.

[dreamy music playing]

[Libor] Having spent several days
on the southern part of the island,

we are sailing north aboard the Sealife
to explore the capital.

Castries is the business center
of Saint Lucia

and about a third
of the 160,000 islanders live here.

The town was founded by the British

and it has survived
several fires, hurricanes

and even 14 changes in ownership,

before it was finally declared
British in 1814.

The islanders had to wait for their
independence from the British until 1979.

Due to fires in the past,

the majority of government
and business buildings

were built next to the wooden ones only
in the second half of the last century.

[Petra] Life hasn't changed much
in the last half century

in spite of there being great
social differences amongst the people.

The locals can speak English

but amongst themselves they speak
mostly Patois, based on French.

[Libor] Saint Lucia boasts the highest
number of Nobel Prize winners per capita.

The Nobel Prize for economy
to Sir William Arthur Lewis in 1979

and Derek Walcott for literature in 1992.

[Petra] The Cathedral
of the Immaculate Conception

shows signs of the Saint Lucians' roots.

While the building itself
is in the French style,

the interior combines influences
of Carob and African cultures.

[indistinct speech in the background]

[Petra] Most of the islanders
are Catholic of African origin.

[baby crying]

[Petra] They say, "To worry is a sin.
It would mean we do not believe in God."

[Libor] Neither is worry in vogue on board
the most luxurious catamarans

anchored in Marigot Bay.

In any case,
the northern part of the island

is the shop window
of the most modern yachts.

[hopeful music playing]

[Libor] Finally, we too are sailing off
to look for new discoveries.

[birds calling in the distance]

[hopeful music continues]

[Petra] While our captain Wolfgang is
writing funny stories and observations

from our life as yachties
into his ship log,

we regard the colorful spectacle
of the rugged shore.

[Libor] The fishermen are happy,
it was a bountiful day.

The sea is their only source of income.

Despite the primitive appearance of local
methods of cleaning and dealing with fish,

we have to admit you can always get
the freshest and tastiest fish here.

The local catch even supplies
the most luxurious restaurants.

[overlapping conversations]

- [laughing]
- [man singing]

[Libor] Mahi Mahi, which means
"strong-strong," is a favorite delicacy.

It has a fine yet firm meat with slightly
sweet undertones and no fishy smell.

[man chatting indistinctly]

[Petra] The typical fish market odors
sent me out among the local children.

The pictures in my cameras fascinated them

almost as much as I am fascinated
by their bold behavior.

[soft music playing]

Away from the mainstream culture,

the Rastafarians live
as devotees to nature.

[Libor] They don't drink alcohol
and they don't smoke tobacco,

although they do smoke a lot.

They do not use any electricity
or modern conveniences,

only what nature provides.

Their attitude towards the environment

was the inspiration for Shirin
from Zion Lion organic farm.

I cut a piece from the coconut shell
and polish it

and that's the spoon
for eating the food, uh?

Very nice, renewable energy,
renewable resource, uh?

No pollution.
You can throw it, no pollution.

And sometimes with the ash of the fire,

because that's very clean,
that's not dirty.

That's very clean, and nothing--
And it cleans good.

Uh? Clean. Cleans it nice.

[man] We live on this mountain between
these two mountains of Saint Lucia.

It's one of the best parts
in our community.

It's a part of Soufrière
and this mountain is high.

Strangers have always kept looking
at this mountain over there.

So what I have to say, the last part
I had to bring with you all here,

is this part of the world
will be one of the best in future.

My lunch. Rice and dashin.

What do you call it? It's a kind of fruit.

Pumpkin...

and such a... roast sardines
in some oil. [chuckles softly]

Some coconut milk.

[soft music playing]

I sometimes call it a natural farm because
there's no chemical, no fertilizer.

Just water, dry wheat and a little bit
of peat moss every now and then.

In the front is the spring onion,
or the chives.

Uh...

This here is coriander.

Rosemary, cashew nut tree.

It's very juicy.
We can also eat the fruit.

Pick the nuts when it's brown in color

and allow it to dry
a little bit more in the sun.

When I applied
for the Guinness Book of Records

I had 20,500 dives

with 6.4 years' bottom time.

And I kept on diving.

Until last year, I got a card from SSI,
Scuba Schools International.

Right now I have
over seven years' bottom time

because when I applied
for the Guinness Book,

I already had 6.4 years

and that's a few years ago.

So right now I have
over seven years' bottom time

and over 27,000 dives, for sure.

At Anse Chastanet we have
so many different dive sites

and there are so many things to see,

such as sea horses, frogfish,

scorpionfish, lots of turtles and so on.

And the marine life is very, very...
You know.

There are over 150 different species
of fishes that have been documented.

And whenever we go in the water
with students,

anything of interest we see,
we point it out to them.

That's why most people who know us
call me the human submarine.

Well, I have nothing against the name.

They said only a submarine can stay
underwater for this amount of years.

[dreamy music playing]

[Petra] Victor dives into
the Caribbean waters almost daily,

frequently playing guide to novices.

He is a patient guardian of his charges
in the undersea world,

mastering a gift only a few possess.

Underwater his enthusiasm is infectious.

While we float together
with Victor in his favorite locale,

fittingly named "Fairy Land,"

I begin to perceive the charm
of the coral world much more intensely.

[Libor] Nowhere else on Earth can you find
such numbers of rich and vivid colors,

shapes and lifeforms as in a coral reef.

It's hard to believe
that the underwater calcium cliffs

and whole islands have been created
by millions of tiny creatures,

coral polyps.

[Petra] After so many years spent here,
Victor, "the human submarine,"

knows every shape and creature
living in this area.

We, however, need a very keen eye
to notice even the smallest ones.

For instance, the flamingo tongue snail.

[peaceful music playing]

[Victor] I love the water.

I feel more comfortable in the water
than driving my own car on the surface.

I wish I could build a house
under the water and stay right there.

[laughs]

I would be a happy man.

[distant conversations]

[upbeat music playing]

[Petra] We are leaving the warm,
peaceful waters of Caribbean Sea

and head
for the wild waters of the Atlantic

on the southeast coast's Anse des Sables,
meaning sandy beach.

Normally this is the playground
of surfers and kite surfers

because of the strong and steady winds.

Today, local mothers
are showing their offspring here.

[upbeat music continues]

[Libor] The sea is not only a source
of pleasure, but a source of food;

to which there is no limit to fantasy.

In many places,

a water taxi is the fastest
and most comfortable way to travel.

[serene music playing]

[Libor] These boys are promising
to fulfill our wish

to anchor in the bay near the Pitons,

swearing to find us a free buoy
at a nice spot, for a small fee of course.

With little time left before sunset,
we decide to trust them

despite past experiences
with shady characters and... it pays off.

[serene music continues]

[boat horn tooting]

[Petra] A floating fruit bar,
a very original occupation.

It's our friends Filipe
and Martin's favorite shop.

I don't know what people want?

[indistinct chattering]

[satisfied] Hmm... Thank you.

[Petra] Hmm, they even have rum!
Caribbean Rum.

[horn tooting]

- ¡Adiós!
- ¡Adiós, hasta luego!

[Petra] Even our guide, who will lead us
on the demanding ascent of Large Piton,

chooses the nicer and faster way via sea.

We're extremely lucky: whales and dolphins
pose just several meters from us.

We did not expect such a psychic
moral boost for our hard undertaking.

[upbeat music playing]

It's a special tree
you find only on the Piton.

It's good for when you have
some bad bruise on the skin,

you just take one of the leaves,

you warm it up by the fire

and, after five minutes,

you put it on the place
you have the blister

and you tie it up for three or four days,

and after, everything disappears.

We've got the French name for it
by the name of shadow bainée.

If the weather was nice,
everything is sweet and nice.

Just like the mango.

That's why we call Saint Lucia
Patol Heaven.

[serene music playing]

[Petra] To make the best of it,
we are taking our camera and tripod

to the summit of Large Piton.

Its peak of 798 meters above sea level

has commanded the area
for close to 40 million years.

[wind blowing]

[soft adventurous music playing]

[Libor] This well-deserved view
is awe inspiring

but the journey to the depths
of the Caribbean tempts me much more.

After the grueling climb,

I can't wait to experience the liberating
feeling of weightlessness again.

[ambient music playing]

[Libor] We descend into
intoxicating silence of the deep

where the Lesleen is waiting for us,

sitting majestically on the sandy bottom
at a depth of some 20 meters.

I like meeting old wrecks.

I sense the vessel's past and can imagine
life on board as it might have been

when they plowed the oceans
in their glory.

The cargo ship Lesleen did not sink
by some unfortunate fluke.

It was scuttled internationally in 1986

to create an artificial coral reef

in a place where nature itself
did not manage to create one.

[Petra] In the same way the roots of trees
digest the walls of old mills

to change them into shelter
for creatures on shore,

the walls of this ship are transformed
into an undersea community

of corals, sponges
and dozens of types of organisms.

I am drawn by the discoveries
of this mysterious world.

I must move very carefully

so as not to catch my gear
inside the old machine room

and not stir up silt
with the sudden move of my fins.

[dramatic music playing]

[Libor] We have disturbed a huge crayfish
in a dark corner of the machine room.

Just under the stairs he is guarding
the way to the upper deck.

We carefully swim further and inspect
young coral formations and life

which has found a hideout and food here.

If the corals manage to keep growing
with the same intensity as they have been,

in a few years
Lesleen will be unrecognizable.

[sinister music playing]

[gentle music playing]

[Libor] Our air is running low

and so, unfortunately,
we must return to the surface.

[peaceful music playing]

[Petra] Saint Lucia inspires
our enthusiasm

for adventure on land as well.

This time we are going to a rainforest
in the very heart of the island

in an effort to find the St Lucia parrot.

[birds calling]

[birds tweeting]

[peaceful music continues]

[Petra] As luck would have it,
after several hours of searching

we manage to spot the well-camouflaged
parrot among the branches.

Although the bird is
the national symbol of the island,

there are only several hundred
of them living here today.

[parrot squawks]

[Libor] Their decline is due in part
to man's encroachment

on large swaths of the rainforest.

Only 10% of the original forest remains.

[soft music playing]

[man] Emerald Farm is just outside
of the little town of Soufrière.

This is where we get all our fresh,
organic fruit and vegetables from.

We also get herbs and spices here.

So we're just going to take a little walk
around and show you what's grown here.

So as you can see, we have
a whole recycling program here.

All the food wastage
that we have at the hotel,

we collect it and we use it for compost.

The cacao. This is where
we get the chocolate from.

And the process to get from this stage
to get chocolate is a very long one.

To cut a long story short,
basically we take the pods out,

we polish them and then we roast them

and then we put them
in a process with sugar.

And we just blend down the chocolate.

Depending on how much sugar we add to it
depends on the cacao.

It's a very slimy kind of seed.

And like I say, these get
polished and then roasted off.

[soft music continues]

You see the textures in there,
in the chocolate.

Here we make our own chocolate
from scratch using our local cacao beans.

We harvest them at the farm,
we ferment them, then we dry them.

Then, over at the kitchen,
we take the actual beans,

um, we roast them in the oven
at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes.

And then what that does
is you get the shell,

you crack it

and you get the shell from the nib.

So what we have here is the nibs,
which break up like that.

These are the holes
which go in the garbage.

Then we take that
and we grind this up in the machine

for 22 hours

and then what we get
is chocolate as our final product.

Here at Jade Mountain we exclusively use
Saint Lucian cacao beans,

uh, for all of our amenities,
all of our deserts.

If you're having a wedding
and you order a cake,

your cake is prepared
only using Saint Lucian chocolate.

When you're tasting cacao, the best way
to taste it is using all of your senses.

The first thing you want to do,
like I said in the lab, is to smell it.

Get that nice aromatic...
that's when you get your tastebuds ready.

Then you want to take a bite.

You want to taste a nice snap,
make sure you... Wow, I love chocolate.

[Petra] Me too.

In fact chocolate is not
the only thing attacking my senses.

None of the 24 rooms of the organically
shaped Jade Mountain Hotel

has a fourth wall, so as to offer
a continuous view of the surroundings

and a connection with the wild nature.

Apartments are accessed by individual
gangways to enter one's own galaxy.

Rather a garden...

[birds croaks]

[serene music playing]

[Petra] Hummingbirds make their home here.
It is a joy to watch them.

They're the only species of bird
that can fly backwards

and, incredibly, they flap their wings
up to 90 times per second.

[Libor] It is quite possible
that days in paradise on Earth

pass faster than
what we're used to at home.

The end of our latest escape to nature
is definitely drawing near.

The most powerful experiences for me
are always from the undersea world,

so I insist that we dive into
the Caribbean silence once more.

[slow music playing]

I sense there is a very nice meeting
waiting for us.

Finally, we can sail out.

[Petra] As we pass the Pitons and
the Anse Chastanet bay for the last time

I'm trying to imprint them into my memory.

[slow music continues]

Libor can't wait.

[soft music playing]

[Petra] I am fascinated by a school
of fish and their intelligence.

Hundreds of fish manage to swim in unison
without any planned choreography.

[Libor] The sea world
is a great inspiration for us.

Unfortunately, its beauty
is being destroyed by human activity

more and more every day.

Turtles. They have survived the dinosaurs

and their evolution approaches perfection.

[soft music continues]

[Petra] Turtles have an outstanding
sense of direction.

They lay their eggs in the same place
where they were born.

During long voyages they find their way

by reflection of light
off the sea surface,

by stars, sun and their ability to sense
changes in the Earth's magnetism.

Unfortunately they cannot foresee
where there are traps waiting for them.

Apart from being hunted
and their eggs being collected,

the turtles get caught in fishing nets

and the sea pollution
also causes them great harm.

[soft music continues]

[Libor] Here in the reservation
my beautiful guide is safe.

As if she knew,
she swims within reach of me

and she poses
in front of my lens for a close-up.

[soft music continues]

There are many beautiful places on Earth

but those where
the people's passion for life

and their humility towards nature
go hand in hand are exceptional.

Our underwater encounters were also
in many ways exceptional and quite unique.

Together with her surrounding waters,
Saint Lucia is such a place.

We can attest to that
from our own experiences.

We are convinced that, however different
these visited worlds may seem to us,

they have one thing in common
that is often overlooked:

a longing for happiness, peace

and, most of all, hope for the future.

[hopeful music playing]

[upbeat acoustic music playing]