I was amazed at how many barber shops I saw while walking around Charlestown on Nevis. It seemed to be way more than the 11,000 inhabitants could support, but I…
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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…
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…
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…
The answer may surprise you. It is bamboo. Now I bet you are wondering why I am talking about bamboo, which is part of the Asian culture, when I have…
Back in the begining of August I shared an article I wrote and submitted to several sailing magazines. Well turns out Multihull Sailor chose to publish it in thier fall…
[Shane – this week I broke up an article I wrote summarizing our cruise for some sailing magazines. The first part was on Sunday, the second part was on Tuesday, and…
[Shane – on Sunday I told you how I wrote an article and submitted it to some sailing magazines, but I was letting my readers read it first. This is…
[Shane – this is an article I wrote and submitted to several sailing magazines to see if they would be interested in publishing it. Of course, my readers do not…
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…
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…
