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A Day on Nevis - Superb

WE LOVE NEVIS. Here is why: We took the Sea Bridge car ferry to Nevis       Lot's of unusual signs           Found a beautiful beach a few miles from the ferry dock.  Of course, as usual, there was no one there but us.  The water was crystal clear, warm and a sandy bottom.       A very typical church here with accompanying cemetery.  The shutters on the windows are opened on Sunday, there is no glass, just open air.  The graves are somewhat above ground. This was the last operating sugar mill (before the modern era).  I am certain it was constructed and operated by slaves.     A huge set of gears turned wind power into the force that would squeeze the juice out of the sugar cane stalks using the press below.     Once the juice was extracted it was diverted to a series of metal vats called "copp...

Tidal Pools - Violently Peaceful

Today I went to the beach at work and visited the tidal pool on the far northern end.  Fascinating. A small Moray eel is the king of this tide pool. "Chain Moray" is the proper name for this guy, who is full grown here at about 2 ft. long. The road to the beach is through a sugar cane field.   This rope fell off of a ship and washed up on shore.  It is about 4 inches thick.