When we pulled into Road Bay, Anguilla we did not know what to expect. Today’s photo of the day is of that bay and sums up our feeling about this…
As you all know by now, we sailed around the Carrabbean starting from St. Barts to beautiful Antigua & Barbuda to St. Kitts and my favorite place Nevis, as well…
Today is the last photo of Saba and I can not think of a cuddlier send off. I hope you have enjoyed reading about this amazingly perfect little island the…
It was the first thing we did and I loved it. Today’s photo of the day is looking down part of the staircase that all goods and people used to…
While I think Saba is a great destination and well worth a visit (or revisit), I would tell future guest to simply fly there from St Martin. Why? It is…
Yesterday I told you about the hike I did to the top of Mt Scenery on Saba. Well today I wanted to rest for a bit and simply show you…
Saba is a hiker’s paradise. There are trails all over this small, but steep and rugged island. Some of them even use to be the footpaths between the four different…
This week we are exploring Saba and today’s photo of the day is looking down in the town of Windwardside from one of the many mountains. I hope you come…
This week we are going to tell you about our time in the tiny inaccessible island of Saba. The island has just under 2000 residents in four towns around the…
Today’s photo of the day is of some sand dollars and a starfish I found while snorkeling the wharf and warehouse ruins at Statia. These are left overs from the…
This guy was scurrying along the trail and then scampered up a tree. I hope you enjoy his photo as today’s photo of the day. Check out yesterday’s blog to…
The Quill is a volcano that has been dormant for over 1600 years, but the awesome part is that it still has the crater and you can hike to the…
Today’s photo of the day is one of the trail signs I found while hiking to the top of The Quill on St Eustatius. Tomorrow I will tell you all…
Sunday I introduced you to St Eustatius and told you how it use to be THE port for goods in the 18th century. It was so busy the land at…
St Eustatius might be a sleepy little island off the beaten cruising track now, but in the 18th century it was the port to envy. Due to it being in…
Melek loved everything about being on a boat…..except the mosquitos we found at some anchorages. You see she is one of those people that seems to attract mosquitos. If there…
I hope you enjoyed reading about the St Kitts Scenic Railway yesterday and St Kitts as a whole the last two weeks. We looked our time here, but it is now…
Then St Kitts is the place to do it, because it has the “last railway in the West Indies”. This historic track was laid down between 1912-26. It went in…
Today’s photo of the day is of abandoned railroad tracks on St Kitts. A railroad in the Caribbean, you might ask. Yes and you can still ride part of it….
I know that sounds weird to say, but you will see why in a while. First let me tell you about Romney Manor and the surroundings. It sits about a…
Today’s photo of the day is of the Wingfield Estate ruins. It is right next to the Romney Manor and Caribelle Batik. The factory was run with water power thanks…
On the northwest corner of St Kitts there is a hill near the water that is very steep and imposing. In fact, it is so imposing that the French who…
Today’s photo of the day is one Melek took of me resting during our 4+ hours at Brimstone Hill. This hilltop fortress is a World Heritage Site and I am…
As you can probably tell by the blogs we have written, we loved our time on St Kitts & Nevis. It is so laid back and there is just enough…
Today’s photo of the day is of Melek looking out from one of the Brimstone Hill cannons. Down below you can see the St Kitts Marine Works, which is one…
In the islands, life is generally quite relaxed, they are not in a hurry to do anything. That’s why most of the time we had to wait for customs or…
The photo of the day today is one of me taking kite surfing lessons. The reason it is perfect for today is because we just finished writting about Nevis, which…
After our little engine problem with the dingy (we wrote about it in the previous blog) we started our third day of exploring the Nevis. Our first stop was the…
Did you enjoy Melek’s humorous story yesterday about the dinghy issue? Well on Sunday she will share one of the most beautiful places on a gorgeous island. today’s and Wednesday’s…
Shane wrote about our engine problem that stopped working half way to Barbuda during our Antigua blogs. Well this time as we while we were in Nevis and motoring towards…