Another day in Paradise
In a cloud
Tennis anyone?
Fan
Mango tree
Bougainvilleas
Stone built
Shutters
Gingerbread house
Fruit market
Corkscrew
Double Deuce bar and restaurant
A day of sailing with two long tacks brought us from Ile Fourche to St.Kitts. We spent the night on the anchorage near Port Basseterre of the industrial part of the island.
Next morning we sailed to the sister island to St.Kitts, Nevis.
We picked up one of the hundred moorings along the Pinney Beach. Nevisians are generous towards sailors, a weekly charge for a mooring is US $20.
We were overlooking 3000 ft high mountain, covered with green blanket of grass and trees. In four days being there, we never saw the top, it was always wrapped in clouds and the wind, racing down the hill, didn't give us a break.
We have not seen larger mango trees anywhere else. Besides trees, monkeys on Nevis are also green and residents complained, that there are more monkeys than people on the island.
Nevis has natural hot springs.
It's major crop is cotton.
Many houses are stone built to resist hurrican.
We went for long pleasant walks, as the island is clean and people we met were friendly. Men are very tall and skinny, but most women are chubby.
My friend Anne, who had seen the world from the balconies of the cruise ships, had not seen Nevis. Cruise ships don't stop in Charlstown, the Capital of Nevis. It's port has a large fruit and vegetable market, so I had a chance to try things growing there. new to us.
Visit the island, enjoy swimming off the beautiful Pinney Beach and have lunch or dinner at the Double Deuce. The owner offers good food, drinks and a friendly chat.
