Bill
07/09/2012, Basse Terre, St Kitts

Isobel sports a new Batik Dress and learns about adventitious roots...

We woke after a good nights sleep feeling much more rested and found a cute spotted dinghy rowing out to the 12 meter moored beside us. I rowed over as they seemed to be having problems of some sort with there mooring... I was unable to help them, but Philip of sv Kate, a replica of a 1906 12 meter built on St Kitts in 2006 offered to drive us into town to clear in. We gladly accepted.

As it turns out Philip's family goes back to the 1600s on St Kitts and he had some impressive stories about the demise of the sugar industry and some sad stories about the island's attempts to recreate itself after sugar was history.

After clearing in with some very gracious women at Customs and Immigration... and paying a port fee, we had lunch over looking "the Circus" (the town square) and took a taxi to Romney Manor where they have an impressive Batik works and beautiful gardens. Our Taxi driver, Paula took us to the grocery store and stopped to buy some locally brewed Carib Beer, which was quit good... she then drove us back to the south end of the island where our dinghy was waiting for us. It was a brief but fine visit to the island.

the north end of the island is quite lush and has a rainforest, while the south end is arid and undeveloped... for now. There are plans for a huge development and marina: Christopher Harbour.

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