St. Kitts & Nevis

Two Islands One Paradise; St. Kitts & Nevis made for the perfect getaway. The clear blue green waters of the Caribbean are unbelievably beautiful, fun for snorkeling and collecting sea shells. We walked the beaches and watched the sunset. We visited historical sites and beautiful gardens; and made new friends along the way. Nevis Peak stretched our limits as we hiked the slimy muddy ascent using ropes straight up to the top of the volcano. The mud did come off but it took some effort. Kent mastered driving on the left, dodging potholes and monkeys; wipers on the left, turn signals on the right....making for lots of laughs. We hiked Mt. Liamuiga with our guide Al and four women. We enjoyed sweet raisin rolls and lemonade at the top as we looked into the crater's lake. Rest and recreation made for a relaxing time. O me monkeys!

We practically had the plane to ourselves.....no kidding!

Leaving Miami for St. Kitts

Timothy Beach Resort at Frigate Bay

Our ocean view room

View from the parking lot

Sunset Cafe was a great place to eat at our hotel

No windows or doors, the birds weren't shy

The local rooster greeted us each morning at breakfast

Our room was nice and comfortable

The ceiling gave it a beachy cottage feel

View from our balcony

Looking towards a salt pond

No monkey business....

The monkeys were interesting to watch

They weren't afraid to pose

The rest of the green vervet monkeys at our hotel

Kent was my driver, he did a great job

Our ride....a squeaky KIA Picanto, minus 2 hubcaps

This road project didn't make much sense to us

Views of the Atlantic and Caribbean Seas

The rough Atlantic side

Calm Caribbean

Through the gate to Turtle Beach 

Dock at Turtle Beach looking towards Nevis

We enjoyed lunch at Shipwreck on the Beach at South Friars Bay

A monkey enjoyed his lunch

This load looks too big for Bigman

Roundabouts Caribbean style, there are no stoplights on either island

$9.00 US price....yikes!

Rainbow over the Marriott

The weather was perfect the whole week

Pretty tropical flowers

St. Kitts version of Starbucks, great bagels & paninis

Those are EC prices not US dollars, food was reasonable

The beach at our hotel

Our first sunset

A gorgeous sunset

Snorkeling

Pretty fish

Some of the benefits of snorkeling

Fun things growing in the sea

Snorkeling was good here

It's important to check the schedule

$10 US each way

The Mark Twain ferried us back and forth

Ozzie our Taxi driver dropped us off at the Nevis Peak Trailhead

Gaily was our guide for Nevis Peak

Kent using ropes to help in the muddy climb

View from part way up trail

Yes, it was a very muddy trail 

A muddy hat left by someone

Kent's face tell it all.....it ws a tough hike

Believe it or not I did get our shoes clean

We signed the book at the top.....Go see for yourself

We made it and we're still smiling

Aerial view of our Nevis Peak hike

Driving the roads of St. Kitts you really need to watch out for potholes

This is the newer Bypass Highway near the airport

Traveling west on St. Kitts

Follow that Taxi

What a beautiful tree

Caribelle Batik at Romney Manor

Elephant leaf makes a great umbrella

Remnants of the original Romney House

Bell Tower and gardens

Inside the Bell Tower

One would expect to see Tarzan swinging from the vines

Ferns growing on the ruins

Wonderful craftsmanship

Amazing structures

Detail in the chimney

Sugar Estate Ruins

This was definitely worth visiting

The entrance was narrow

The drive to the fort was worth the trip

Great views of the Caribbean Sea

View from Monkey Hill

Looking towards St. Eustatius

Fort George

Fort entrance

I know this guy

Artillery Officers' Quarters

Heading to the cemetery and Ordinance Store 

Old headstone

Hand cut stone

Notice the lazy cats keeping an eye out for dogs

Lime kiln

Interesting tree bark

One of the many churches along our drive

We passed the Scenic Railway rolling down the tracks

Ottley's Plantation Inn 

A very nice place

Pampered for a price

Never knew a car could stand on 3 wheels

Yup, it's definitely not touching anything

The first stop on our tour of Nevis

 Alexander Hamilton was born here

Robin & Rob from Ohio spent the day with us.  Morel was our driver

A beautiful way to hide old cars

The Bath Hot Springs

St. Paul's Anglican Church

Map shows the ferry route when the Christena sank in 1970

At the Nevis Library, Ozzie our Taxi driver wrote this book

Our library could use a sign like this

Memorial marker for the M.V. Christena disaster

Colorful orchids

The Botanical Gardens of Nevis

Bird of Paradise

Beautiful grounds

Natures curtains

Soursop

Plantation House and Restaurant

Interesting tree bark

Montpelier Plantation

Beautiful gardens and pool

Ruins from the old Sugar Works

Morel had a lot of great stories

History that has withstood many a hurricane

Love the old shutters

Very cute

Interesting tree roots

Golden Rock Inn Restaurant

Remnants of yesteryear

Honeymoon Suite, why the two doors?

Doesn't this look refreshing

Pretty flowers

The ponds at Golden Rock

Love the detail

Cotton tree

St. James Anglican Church

Nisbet Beach

Looking towards St. Kitts

Nesbit Plantation

Pinney's Beach

Main Street downtown Nevis

Charlestown, Nevis

Islands always have the best Ice Cream

Nice buildings

View from the Ferry Dock

Storm brewing out at sea

Would love to come back here

Starting up Mt. Liamuiga

Yvonne offered to take our picture

Zipper vine

Up near the top

Up the ladder

Kent up on Mt. Liamuiga

Yvonne, Al, Marta, Orsa and Laura

The lake in the crater

Clouds were floating by

The Pelican is the National Bird

View of Whitehouse Bay from up above

We heard this was a good place to snorkel

Popular for sail boats

Looks perfect for snorkeling

In we go . . .

One of many shipwrecks

Wow, pretty fish

Colorful fish

Conch shells

Our last sunset

Up, up and away

So many places left to explore

Nothing beats the colors of the Caribbean

Mementos from a great trip

Sea shells are my favorite souvenirs