Sunny morning arrival in Basseterre, the capital of St. Kitts and Nevis
The Welcome Gate to St. Kitts
There is some rainforest on St. Kitts
The ruins of the old Wingfield Estate Sugar Plantation which was established by the great-great-great grandfather of Thomas Jefferson
Rum distillery
Rum barrels
Sugar cane smokestack
The Romney Manor House is now the home of Caribelle Batik. The Romney estate was the first plantation to emanicipate its slaves (1834)
This saman tree is almost 400 years old
Taran and Mallory under the historic old tree
Demonstrating how batik is done
The wax pots used in the technique
Batik wall art
Batik produces colorful garments
Line drying batik material
The bell tower of the Romney Estate
Brimstone Hill Fortress—started by the British in 1690 and mostly built by African slaves
Al at the base of the fortress with Mt. Liamuiga in the background
From Brimstone Hill looking North, you can see the Dutch islands of St. Eustasius and Saba
Mallory and Taran take in the magnificent view
Zooming in. The community of Sandy Point is below
Insanity
Looking to the South, you can see the volcanic island of Nevis which is part of the Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis which is the smallest sovereign country in the Americas both in area and population. It is part of the British Commonwealth.
The entrance to the citadel—Fort George
Taran and Mallory enjoy the spectacular view to the South
This is what they see: the sloping green countryside below the fortress and Nevis off in the distance
The Prince of Wales Bastion
By the 1790s Brimstone Hill was known as Britain’s “Gibraltar of the West Indies"
Officers’ Quarters
Mallory and Taran exit the fortress
From the south side across the aqueduct
Stopping for lunch at a roadside stand
Magnificent view of the South part of the island—Atlantic Ocean on the left and Caribbean Sea on the right. Nevis can be seen in the distance
Al, Mallory, and Taran
Across Frigate Bay is the Marriott Resort
The Berkeley Clock
Returning to the ship
