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Beach Combing at Dieppe Bay, St. Kitts

We spent the afternoon at a sleepy little fishing village on the northeastern edge of St. Kitts.  On the way through the village we saw lobster traps being constructed and I would have taken pictures but that seemed intrusive at the time.  While beach combing I observed a local fisherman with a dozen conch that he was extracting from their shells.  Very interesting.  He did not want his picture taken.

On the way to this village we passed a large number of lobster buoys just off shore on the Caribbean side.  When the restaurants say "fresh lobster", indeed it is fresh, as are the conch fritters.







A reef protects the shoreline to make this a natural safe harbor for the local fishing fleet.


 Mount Liamauga in the background.


Amy and Kyle in the distance doing some beach combing.  Amy has a huge collection of beach glass from this trip.



Looking south along the Atlantic coastline.

Kyle is rescuing a Portuguese Man o' War jelly fish from drying up on shore.


A gate to a now closed resort.






With Kyle and Amy heading northward along the beach a boat of local fisherman head out to place a lobster trap.






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  1. Hi Ben - looks like a nice day! Yum, fresh lobster (sounds better than goats head soup...)

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    1. Bob, I found a place on the island that sells Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches. Sadly, this was at Domino's Pizza and probably they won't have that genuine Philly neighbourhood taste. Ben

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    2. Ben - hrmph, sorry - I didn't get any notification of your reply. I was checking for some new blogs, let's get on that :-p LOL, you found the Philly Cheesesteak. Well now you have to buy a nice pair of prescription goggles for snorkeling and then have a cheesesteak. I'd love to join you on that expedition!

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