You will have to wait until Sunday to find that out, but I loved the photo so much I wanted to share it with you. Tomorrow Melek will tell you…
In the mountains of St Kitts and Nevis there live thousands upon thousands of green back monkeys. These monkeys were brought from Africa along with the slave trade in the…
Today’s photo of the day is my favorite photo I got of the green back monkeys on Nevis. As much as tourist love seeing these guys, the locals find them…
As soon as I heard that the oldest house in the Caribbean was on Nevis, I knew I had to go and visit. Our visit got even better because during…
This is a question you will ask a lot in the eight countries that use the East Caribbean dollar (EC$). All eight of these countries are former British territories, except…
It is called the Hermitage House and I will tell you all about it on Sunday. Until then enjoy today’s photo of the day and think of it as a…
This is the fifth island that we have been to so far, I liked something about every island but Nevis was the best by far! I couldn’t believe how many…
The cloud always sits on top of the island and when Christopher Columbus first sighted it he mistook it for snow, so he named it “Nuestra Senora del las Nieves”…
As many of you know, you don’t really get any exciting moments while sailing other than seeing other boats and if you`re luckily some dolphins might come to say hi….
I wrote about it yesterday and at the top of the hill I saw this amazing tree and thought it would make a great photo of the day. I hope…
When you sail to Montserrat you have to check in at Little Bay, which is also the only anchorage left on the island since the capitol has been abandoned due…
Want to learn more about it? Then come back tomorrow and I will tell you the different ways to get here and how wonderful it was. Plus there is a…
This is Runaway Ghaut and is fed by a fresh water spring. It is said that whoever drinks from this spot will return to Montserrat someday. That sounds delightful and since…
I arrived in the Virgin Islands in January 2012 and every now and then for the next two years I would have streaks of black on the counters after I…
Today’s photo of the day is the photo I feel shows the devastation the island of Montserrat suffered after the volcano erupted 20 years ago. Melek told you yesterday her…
After beautiful Antigua, we sailed to an island with big mountains. Apparently, they were volcanos! One of them is active and the other 2 are not. Shane is gonna write…
To me they look like rows of shark teeth, but they are really just part of the break water in Little Bay that became the only port after the volcano…
After silent, calm and peaceful Barbuda, Antigua is more like a city. Still there are only a few people around especially during the day time, in the night time due…
I hope you read yesterday’s blog about this amazing World Heritage Site. Well today’s photo of the day features the newest building in the dockyard, but that still makes it…
As you read in the last blog, we finally got the port engine working again and Melek and I wanted to see a little bit of Antigua before we needed…
Yesterday I wrote about the engine trouble we had and what all was need to be done to get it to run again. Now that it is fixed it is…
Melek and I wanted to see Barbuda as part of our cruise around the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean and instead of sailing to Antigua and then up to Barbuda…
Today is our last blog about our week in Barbuda and I want to spend it telling you about our last anchorage on the southern coast. Gravenor Bay stretches from…
Melek chose today’s photo of the day because she says “how cute” everytime she sees these guys. We saw them everywhere, but I believe these two were at the Corington…
On Tuesday I gave you directions to two different caves and the Codrington plantation house. I also told you to come back and I would give you directions to the…
Today’s photo of the day is the view from the top of the cliff I promised you yesterday. Do you remember reading how we climbed through a cave from the…
Last Thursday Melek told you about our adventure of biking across the island of Barbuda to see some caves and the windward side beach. Today I want to give you…
If you come back tomorrow I will tell you how to get to the cave featured in today’s photo of the day. In fact there will be two caves and…
On Thursday I told you about our first day in Barbuda and the adventure we had! Today I will continue with the second half of that day as after a…
Today’s photo of the day is a sample of our tour through the frigate bird colony in Barbuda. It is the largest colony in the entire Caribbean. Melek will write…