The Culps of the Caribbean

The cruise ship "Freedom of the Seas"

At the foot of the Brimstone Hill Fortress on the island of St. Kitts, the St. Kitts Marine Works stands ready to shelter and repair your mighty craft. The tug boat Uranus is currently in drydock for hull repairs.  Interestingly, some of the crew remains living on board.

A Short Visit to the Island of Nevis The drive into the Four Seasons Resort The Lime In the Coconut Boutique at Pinney's Beach Conch Chowder at Golden Rock Restaurant Fountain-side Dining at the Golden Rock Fountain-side Dining at Golden Rock Amazing Gardens at the Golden Rock Amazing Gardens at the Golden Rock Amazing Gardens at the Golden Rock No Worry, Eat Curry!!! The project entails how to keep the monkeys from eating your crops.  Solution seems to be electric fencing. Load up the car ferry from Nevis to St. Kitts The Nevis-made hot sauce.

A January Sunset

The 2014 Hurricane Season is upon us.  What does that mean?  Before now and the end of November there is a chance of being hit by a hurricane.  We live in an all concrete house that is dug into the side of a mountain. Sounds rather nutty survivalist, but that is how most of the new homes here are.  Internally we will collect some 1-gallon containers of bottled water.  Last year Amy amassed 16 gallons of bottled water.  Well we still have 8 gallons left.  My Kittitian friends store about 3-gallons. Last year the closest hurricane was about 30 miles south of us and it did not even rain here that day.  So, who knows what will be in store for us this year.  We have a satellite phone in case the island phone/internet system is down.  That way we can keep our families informed.  Below are some photos of the last hurricane that hit here.  Hurricane Georges.

Cockleshell Bay, from high atop Turtle Beach, St. Kitts The Esplanade at the Marriott Resort, St. Kitts The swimming pool at the Marriott Resort has a lot of features, St. Kitts Such as the swim-up bar. Marriott Resort, St. Kitts Nevis in the background and Turtle Beach in the foreground, St. Kitts Nevis, from St. Kitts Regatta Practice in Potato Bay, St. Kitts.  Our house is on the right side. Turtle Beach

Every visitor to St. Kitts must stop atop of Timothy Hill.  The Atlantic to the East, The Caribbean (technically as sea) to the West.  200 Yards between them. We drive by this spot about once a week and it never ceases to be awe inspiring.