We spent a week on lovely St. Kitts. During a tour of the island we found this hanging lobster claw at Romney Manor gardens. A 350 year old Saman tree shades an acre of the property which is an old sugar plantation. It abuts the rain forest. There are petroglyphs in this area making it likely that is was location of a Carib Chiefton's village. While driving around the island, we saw a thorn tree packed with egrets, Frigate Birds, Brown Pelicans (the national bird), an occasional mongoose and the green "Vervet" monkey (originally imported from Africa by the French as pets). There are now more monkeys than people here! (Our guide said that some people eat monkey and it reportedly tastes like lamb...). Cashews, breadfruit, bamboo, papaya, several variety of mangos, coffee and cotton grow throughout the island. Beautiful flowering bushes and trees abound. In addition to the natural beauty and history, we also enjoyed the people of this island who are extremely warm and friendly.
We also saw many ruins of the 68 sugar plantations operating here when sugar was king. Sugar subsidies from the U.S. and Great Britian ended in the 1980's and the industry was officially closed in 2005. The governent is deciding how best to use the acres and acres of sugar cane fields that it now owns. Some options are agricultural endeavors in partnership with the Taiwanese government, for example, and leasing land for resorts and golf courses, etc. They will not sell the land as they have determined it belongs to the people. Our guide said that the on-going world economic situation had put some projects on hold for the forseeable future.
Sandy going to fire a cannon at Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park. The cannons are almost 800 feet above sea level. It is known as the "Gibraltar of the West Indies". First established in 1690, it was built by slave labor and engineered by the British military. It's now an UNESCO World Heritage site and you can learn more at
http://www.brimstonehillfortress.org/, if you so desire.
Where the Atlantic meets the Caribbean. Not much of a picture, but there is a pretty big disturbance in the water here, which I thought was more interesting than Ralph did. Onshore, the beach action immediately shifts to large breakers on the Atlantic side.
Black Rocks Beach formed by the volcano on Mt. Limuiga which is 3792 feet high. Consequently, this area has black sand beaches. The island also has many beautiful white sand beaches, where the bigger resorts are located.
We spent a week on lovely St. Kitts. During a tour of the island we found this hanging lobster claw at Romney Manor gardens. A 350 year old Saman tree shades an acre of the property which is an old sugar plantation. It abuts the rain forest. There are petroglyphs in this area making it likely that is was location of a Carib Chiefton's village. While driving around the island, we saw a thorn tree packed with egrets, Frigate Birds, Brown Pelicans (the national bird), an occasional mongoose and the green "Vervet" monkey (originally imported from Africa by the French as pets). There are now more monkeys than people here! (Our guide said that some people eat monkey and it reportedly tastes like lamb...). Cashews, breadfruit, bamboo, papaya, several variety of mangos, coffee and cotton grow throughout the island. Beautiful flowering bushes and trees abound. In addition to the natural beauty and history, we also enjoyed the people of this island who are extremely warm and friendly.
We also saw many ruins of the 68 sugar plantations operating here when sugar was king. Sugar subsidies from the U.S. and Great Britian ended in the 1980's and the industry was officially closed in 2005. The governent is deciding how best to use the acres and acres of sugar cane fields that it now owns. Some options are agricultural endeavors in partnership with the Taiwanese government, for example, and leasing land for resorts and golf courses, etc. They will not sell the land as they have determined it belongs to the people. Our guide said that the on-going world economic situation had put some projects on hold for the forseeable future.
Sandy going to fire a cannon at Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park. The cannons are almost 800 feet above sea level. It is known as the "Gibraltar of the West Indies". First established in 1690, it was built by slave labor and engineered by the British military. It's now an UNESCO World Heritage site and you can learn more at http://www.brimstonehillfortress.org/, if you so desire.
Where the Atlantic meets the Caribbean. Not much of a picture, but there is a pretty big disturbance in the water here, which I thought was more interesting than Ralph did. Onshore, the beach action immediately shifts to large breakers on the Atlantic side.
Black Rocks Beach formed by the volcano on Mt. Limuiga which is 3792 feet high. Consequently, this area has black sand beaches. The island also has many beautiful white sand beaches, where the bigger resorts are located.
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