Sunday, May 23, 2010

May 21 Basseterre, St Kitts

Another early morning and another beautiful island.
Today we didn't have a tour planned so we decided to get off the ship and see about getting a tour first and then shopping/sightseeing later. As soon as we exited the secure area there were lots of tour/taxis. The first guy that came up to us is the one we went with. His name was Lyndon and he was great. We drove to see Frigate Bay where you see the Atlantic on one side and the Caribbean on the other – just beautiful. Then we drove around and ended up at Cockleshell beach with Nevis (the neighboring island) 2 miles in the distance. This beach was gorgeous! There were 4 poster beds being set up with white cotton drapes blowing in the breeze and turquoise and orange pillows – I wanted to spend the day there but we had only negotiated a 2 hour tour. This was the prettiest beach I have seen and I think St Kitts is the prettiest island I have been to (with Barbados a very close second). When we got back we walked around a bit and then stopped for a beer. The bar was very pretty with sofas overlooking the water/ship. We went on board for lunch and then back off for more shopping. Walked around the town which also had a market today and then back to the touristy area. For Wayne today was the hottest (at least the most humid) so we stopped for another beer break (yes we are on vacation!). We were back on board by 3 and then sat out on our balcony. We had a great day in St Kitts!

Tomorrow St Maarten

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