The Culps of the Caribbean

Donkeys, often overlooked and underrated, are animals with an incredible spirit and a heartwarming ability to bring joy and healing to those who care for them. These gentle creatures have been domesticated for thousands of years, serving as beasts of burden, transportation, and loyal companions. However, not all donkeys are fortunate enough to have a loving home. Many find themselves in dire situations, neglected, abused, or abandoned. This is just such a donkey. His name is Biscuit. I live and work on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts.  St. Kitts is rich in history and we are surrounded by that history daily, some of that history is painful.  Peppered all across the island are remnants of sugar cane processing structures that date back to the 1700's.  Notably these are stone windmill foundations from the 1700's and from the 1800's, in very close proximity, are 50' tall stone chimneys. It was exploring the site of one of these ruins a few years ago when I came acro...

Unsolved Mystery of the Ghost Ship Facts: The sailboat was last tracked to Costa Teguise, Spain on February 26, 2018, per Marinetraffic.com. The deceased captain washed ashore in Portugal in March 2018, per his obituary.  https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/may/09/rob-mitchell-obituary The sailboat is beached on rocks on the coastline of the Caribbean island of Nevis; observed on January 2019 and remains on Nevis today [May 2019]. Distance between Costa Teguise and Nevis is 3,200 miles (as the crow flies). Hurricanes Florence and Helene crossed the Atlantic directly between Spain and Nevis in Aug/Sept 2018. Questions: What event caused the sailboat and the captain to get separated? How many days was the derelict sailboat at sea before it arrived on Nevis? "Katniss" on the rocks on Nevis The captain's obituary at The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/may/09/rob-mitchell-obituary Marinetraffic.com tracking info f...

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.

Much like Moses leading the Israelites through the Red Sea, St. Kitts was spared the wrath of Irma and Maria which were swirling on each side.   St. Kitts, on the whole, was very fortunate. I spoke with every employee about their experiences as they endured both storms one week apart.   The first on the Atlantic side and the second on the Caribbean side.   Most people had water forced into their homes, but not a flood.   Several people said that water was coming right through the concrete.   All said that they could not believe that Maria blasted them for 24 hours straight with driving rain and wind without a let up.   The very next day they reported that it was calm and sunny like nothing had happened. A few employees had lost some shingles and that was the extent of the damage to their homes.   Same at work were a couple of pieces of roofing had come off but no other damage.   Unless of course you are talking about tre...

 Flat Stanley Explores St. Kitts

From Undeveloped to Developing St. Kitts is widely considered undeveloped for the tourist industry.  This is despite that between November 1 and April 30, at least 1 (and up to 5) cruise ships dock here for the day.  Typical cruise ships carry 2500 passengers but it varies between 300 and 4,500 passengers depending on the ship.  A single day can bring bring 10,000 tourists to an island of 40,000.  Cruise ships are here for the day and those passengers that come on shore have about 6 - 8 hrs to get their sight-seeing completed.  "Undeveloped" also means that when a passenger leaves the cruise ship port (mall), there are really no retail businesses set up for visitors.  They are just regular stores that you would find in your town and they really don't carry souvenirs.  The cruise ship port (mall) area is a large collection of jewellery stores and t-shirt shops.  Of the 80 businesses, 65 are jewellery stores and 15 are t-shirt shops.  I am not...

This crab has come to our back door on a couple of occasions.