That is a super easy answer….the hot springs!!!! On the outskirts of Charlestown (to the west) you will find a natural hot spring. This spring was once a huge tourist…
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As I walk around Charlestown on Nevis admiring the architecture, that I wrote about yesterday, I started noticing all the murals painted around town. The one using the name Nevis…
Whenever I visit the island of Nevis, I love simply walking around the main town on Charlestown and admiring the architecture. To me it is gorgeous, even in the sometimes…
Christopher Columbus named the island of Nevis Santa Maria de las Nieves, which translates to Santa Maria of the Snow, because of the ever present cloud covering the top of…
There are few experiences that can compare to travelling the world. Scaling the slopes of Macchu Picchu and scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef in the company of good…
If you have ever cruised St Kitts you know that there is a lack of good anchorages, but White House Bay is a shining exception. This bay offers protection in…
St Kitts is a long island sitting in a roughly southeast to northwest direction and the bay around the capital of Basseterre can get quite rough if the wind is…
Travelling in the US will open your mind, fill your Instagram with amazing photographs and give you stories to tell to your grandchildren. No matter which state you visit, you…
St. Eustatius (“Statia”) is a charming, diminutive tropical island lapped by the Atlantic on the east and the Caribbean on the west; equidistant between North and South America – a…
I have met many people in the Caribbean that are from Statia, but they moved to some of the other Leeward Islands (St Martin, St Kitts, Etc) because it was…
I just finished writing about my time in St Martin and all the fun things there are to do there and I am about to start writing about the different…
I absolutely love Anse du Colombier, pronounced Colombia apparently, at the north end of St Barts. This well protected bay has the best beach on St Barts, but the only…
When my friends joined me for a week and a half the kids wanted to go to a beach, so I suggested we check out Shell Beach on St Barts….
Gustavia is the main town of the island of St. Barthelemy (also known as Saint Barths or St Barts). It was named after King Gustav III of Sweden. Originally a…
Maho Beach is unique because the end of the international airport is only a hundred feet away from the water’s edge and planes that are landing are less than a…
Rockland Estate Adventures is found in the middle of the Dutch side of St Martin and has four different ways to find your adrenaline rush. First is the chair lift…
If you are ever on St Martin and find yourself driving along A.J.C Brouwer Road, which connects Phillipsburg and the Simpson Bay Lagoon area, make sure you pull over at…
Orient Beach is a fun place to visit and is a great beach with waves crashing onto it all the time. If you visit you will find yourself driving along…
Crossing from the French side to the Dutch side of St Martin is as simple as driving down the road. The only way you even know you crossed over is…
Anse Marcel is a little bay on the northeast corner of St Martin that offers boaters a little getaway on a busy boating island. The anchorage is fairly protected, but…
As I was driving back down Pic Paradis mountain that I wrote about yesterday, I saw a platform in a tree with a monkey bridge connecting it to another tree….
Pic Paradis is the tallest point on the island of St Martin, but is a bit out of the way from what everyone visiting the island does. To get there…
While the Dutch side of St Martin has experienced the most growth, the French side has been able to keep the French Caribbean charm that lured so many in the…
You may be wondering why I am writing about the moon on a travel and cruising website. Well the answer is two part. First, today marks the 50th anniversary of…
As your read yesterday, I was anchored in Grand Case on the French side of St Martin. The bay is beautiful, the food wonderful, and the experience fantastic. That is…
Grand Case is small community on the north side of St Martin. It sits in a wide sweeping bay that has a great beach that seems to go on for…
A mile away from Ile Pinel is Tintemarre Island. Both small islands are off the east coast of the French side of St Martin. They both have wonderful beaches, but…
As I was telling you yesterday, Ile Pinel has dozens on iguanas on it and they all scurry down from the rocks and onto the beach area whenever someone starts…
At the north end of Orient Bay, on the French side of St Martin, there is an amazing little island called Ile Pinel. While Orient Bay is choppy and exposed…
When my best friend, his brother (another close friend), his brother’s family, and I did the short hike up Fife Hill at the entrance to Oyster Pond we found some…