La Sikwi is a restored 19th century sugar mill in Anse la Raye, St Lucia.
Once abandoned on an old estate in the fertile inland hills for many decades, today the mill holds a museum. The grounds surrounding the mill are now a tropical garden. It's a familiar story on St Lucia: remnants of the days when agriculture was king revamped to harvest what it can money from the island's new cash crop, tourists.
Inside the mill, an impressive water wheel once leased by the government to provide hydroelectric energy for the town.
Fruit harvested from trees in the gardens: bananas, citrus, cocoa.
This aqueduct carried water to power the wheel inside.
The gardens are colorful, functional, and varied.
In a room below the mill, holes in the wall for stoking fires used in the sugar-refining process. A bar was added, now large tours take lunch in this room.
La Sikwi is a restored 19th century sugar mill in Anse la Raye, St Lucia.
Once abandoned on an old estate in the fertile inland hills for many decades, today the mill holds a museum. The grounds surrounding the mill are now a tropical garden. It's a familiar story on St Lucia: remnants of the days when agriculture was king revamped to harvest what it can money from the island's new cash crop, tourists.
Inside the mill, an impressive water wheel once leased by the government to provide hydroelectric energy for the town.
Fruit harvested from trees in the gardens: bananas, citrus, cocoa.
This aqueduct carried water to power the wheel inside.
The gardens are colorful, functional, and varied.
In a room below the mill, holes in the wall for stoking fires used in the sugar-refining process. A bar was added, now large tours take lunch in this room.
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