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November

On Thursday, we went to the grocery store(s) for our weekly needs.  Of course, one cannot go to a single store as some of them carry some products but not all. So multiple stops for groceries. I bought a dozen eggs at Best Buy (here it is not an electronics store and the guys at work became engrossed when I directed them to Bestbuy.com).  When I got home I indeed was surprised.  However, this picture rather typifies St. Kitts, in that it exceeds expectations, but in unexpected ways.



White & Brown Eggs, Large and small sizes. Surely a selection meant to accommodate everyone's needs.


Recent Activities


It has been a while since I posted something from St. Kitts.  The main reason is that my camera was damaged.  Now I have a replacement and take it everywhere I go.  Mainly this means that I take a lot of boring photos.  Example:  This morning's sky:
A view to the west.  The Sun was not quite up yet.

There is a cruise ship headed into port this morning.  The Marco Polo which is on a 30-day cruise from the UK.  Only a few hundred passengers will be on board.  Cruise ship arrival is a very big deal here as much of the economy is centred around tourism.  The cruise ship schedule is posted on-line and in the local media.  As I always look like a tourist, I have found this to be both a blessing and a curse.  On one hand the service is always great, on the other hand the few panhandlers expect that I would be an easy mark (not so).  The Marco Polo was anchored way of shore and was all lit up in the night.  Now that dawn has broken, it is making it's way into the harbour.  


One of the cruise ships coming into port earlier in the week.  Most of them are this 2000-3000 passenger variety.


Last weekend we went to Majors Bay to do some beach combing.  As usual, we were the only ones there on a Sunday afternoon.  The water temp was excellent.




 A couple of views looking back towards town on the road to Majors Bay.

Majors Bay is very close to home, approx. 8 miles.  The picture below (which I snagged off of Facebook) is a great ariel view of the south end of the island.  The red arrow is where we live and the blue arrow is where I took many of the photos from above at.

Our house sits at the edge of Caribbean.



You can see the southern peninsula and a cloud-shrouded Nevis in the distance. 

It doesn't much feel like the Christmas season here, despite the music playing in all of the stores.

Earlier in the month we headed off to the States to see family and for some work activities.  While we were away, our house sitter captured these pictures of the monkeys that make routine visits to our house.






We'll be seeing a baby monkey in about 6 months from now.




Other sights around home



The key limes are ripening in the tree next to the plunge pool.


A "Booze Cruise" loaded with the local college students passes by.  Music pumping.

A snorkeler comes ashore at the beach off of our verandah.  He usually has a spearful of fish, but not today.


The sunsets here are beautiful.

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