These photos finish up my reporting on Bill’s and my February trip to the Caribbean island of St. Kitts. If we had the opportunity to return, would we? Yes! The friendly residents of St. Kitts and the island provided entertainment, a variety of activities, beautiful sites, serenity, great food (including seafood) and a sense of safety.
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- Cemetery and Middle Island Anglican Church
- The exterior paint of many homes was quite colorful. Junk cars were quite plentiful.
- Carib beer is brewed on the island of St. Kitts. Its taste was similar to many of the more tame (i.e., less hoppy, etc.) beers brewed in the United States. The beer selection wherever we went seemed to be quite slim.
- This was a common scene.
- A sign on the northeast coast of the island
- Although the St. Kitts Scenic Railway tourist train still runs along the east and north coasts, the track pictured here is no longer used.
- Just goats!
- This vendor was selling cut up coconuts at Black Rocks (hardened lava formations) on St. Kitts’ northeastern coast.
- Black Rocks (hardened lava formations) on St. Kitts’ northeastern coast
- An anole, I believe
- An anole, I believe
- We saw these throughout the island
- An abandoned lime kiln
- Lime kiln on the way to Caribelle Batik
- Tour guide Edwin Burt supplied the rum punch for our picnic.
- While on a tour of the rain forest and other island areas with Edwin Burt of Greg’s Safaris, we stopped for a picnic. Mr. Burt served a fine rum punch along with fresh island fruit and baked goods.
- Our Greg’s Safari guide, Edwin Burt, educated us about St. Kitts’ sugarcane history. Here he is inside a sugar mill ruin. He said he cut this sugarcane about two weeks prior to our visit. Sugarcane is no longer a major crop on St. Kitts; it grows wildly on the island.
- Near the end of our Greg’s Safari tour, we stopped at a sugar mill ruin. This photo is of the inside of that sugar mill. Notice the plants growing near the top.
- The exterior of the sugar mill ruin shown in other photos in this post
- This is the bell at St. Mary’s Anglican Church. Our guide told us not to ring it. He said the sound of the bell could signal to St. Kitts residents that someone had died.
- A view from the inside of St. Mary’s Anglican Church. Notice the thickness of the wall.
- The interior of St. Kitts’ St. Mary’s Anglican Church
- This is St. Kitts’ St. Mary’s Anglican Church. The restrooms are in a separate location (at left in this photo).
- This is the Plantation Great House at the Shadwell Estate. According to Edwin Burt, our guide with Greg’s Safaris, this is where the plantation owner used to live. When we were there, the house seemed in shambles.
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For “St. Kitts — Part I” click here.
For “St. Kitts — Part II: Vervet Monkeys” click here.
For “St. Kitts — Part III: Lobster” click here.
For “St. Kitts — Part IV: Caribelle Batik at Romney Manor” click here.
For “St. Kitts — Part V: Mr X’s Shiggidy Shack” click here.
For “St. Kitts — Part VI: Brimstone Hill Fortress” click here.
For “St. Kitts — Part VII: The Beach(es)” click here.
For “St. Kitts — Part VIII: Plant Life” click here.
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