The Culps of the Caribbean

The cruise ship "Freedom of the Seas"

We took a trek to Sofa Stone... About 5 miles from home is a 1000 ft high mountain which has a rock formation on it called Sofa Stone.  It is shaped like a sofa.  It is rumoured to have spectacular views but very few people can accurately describe the route to get there. Our friend Mike, formerly an American resident of St. Kitts, had returned for a visit.  He took us on what he recalled was the route there.  He was 85% correct.  Fortunately Mike had brought along his machete and he bushwhacked his way to the top of the mountain and we followed his newly blazed trail. It was quite a climb with a rise of about 500 feet from the trail head.  But the result was spectacular. Despite the cloudy day, the view was great. Sofa Stone Selfie Looking to the south peninsula, the cloudy day obscures the site of Nevis. Looking to the Atlantic to the east. Looking at the valley below us to the north. The sof...

Today, I had to head into town (5 miles) to pick up a few items in the downtown area and then grab a couple of items at the grocery store.  So, kind of boring.  I did capture a few things of interest. This is "The Circus" downtown Basseterre. At the grocery store at 11am a guy is pissing in the parking lot.  I would expect this from some bros at 2 a.m., but not in the middle of the day. Here's the close up Went down to the beach at work.  You have to navigate over some rocks to get to the black sand beach.

On Saturday morning I headed off to the market.  As I approached the port area I could see the cruise ship Azura .  This ship is on a 3-week trans-Atlantic cruise from England.  3,500 passengers and 1,200 crew. Inside the tourist area, four Segways await to be ridden.  Truly, the people who ride these look like complete dorks . Further away from the tourist area and but just down the street the local food vendors are there to serve the public.  There are 4 western fast food resturants on the island (KFC, Chruch's, Subway and Dominos),  but the local cuisine is far superior. There was a flash mob of activity.  As I peered inside the circle, there was much haggling over the fresh fish. Many fresh fruit and vegetable vendors line the streets leading up to the public market. This blue building is the public market. The market is located right across the street from the fishing port, where the nights ...

Last Day of Kyle's Spring Break Amy wanted to go back to Caribelle's Batik.  One the way there, a goat happens across the street. Village street that winds up to Caribelles. Amy and Kyle amongst the flora. Kyle and I also amongst the flora. Freshly dyed batik material hanging to dry. The wonderous scenes at North Friars Beach.  Just about 5 miles from home. The Breakfast of Champions. Not everything on St. Kitts is beautiful.  In fact there are a lot of things that are eye sores.  This however is a wonder.  It is an auto body shop that keeps their stock of used front ends and bumpers on the roof of their building.