03/19/2011, Charlstown Nevis
We have arrived in Nevis ( It's only a 10Nm run from St Kitt's)
We will need to check out tomorrow morning for our Monday 4am departure to Guadeloupe
Weather forecast looks great with winds way to the north at +-15knt just the way we like them when heading east ....
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03/19/2011, St Kitt's
I think we had enough of St Kitt's, therefore we'll move on this afternoon to Nevis
St Kitt's did not impress us to much - it's pretty much ruined by the cruise ship industries.
The Picture was taken in the cruise ship shopping area by a guy who forced the monkeys onto Jill and then wanted US$20 for him taking the shots .....He did get some money for it (5 EC =2-1/2 US$)
PS: I'm not sure what the monkey on right is actually looking for - food ?? are we starting to smell like people that would carry live food with them ??
- I sure hope not :-)
The government seems to pour all their money into the cruise ship dock area ( shopping stores) and that's about it.
Hopefully Nevis will be a bit more attractive :-)
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Anyways, Thxs Candi! Yes, they were trying to groom me:)
It was a shock ....as I was taking a photo of some musicians (Georg was walking away and did not know and could not 'protect' me) this intense pushy rasta guy scam artist came and put monkeys on me and grabbed my camera, took some shots. Georg noticed and came over as he was trying to get money. He told Georg that I asked him to do this and he said I knew a photo was $20!!?? I did not see him, ask him, speak to him... my camera was in my hand taking a photo of something else.
He was way too pushy but the monkeys were cool even the biggest one who bit my finger!
Lots of monkeys here -wild and without shirts:)
03/17/2011, St Kitts
We sailed the 35 Nm east to St Kitts
Winds at 22+ hard on our nose...
The original plan was to get a slip in the marina to clean the boat and get it ready for Kalin and his friend next week - but the marina is full - so much for the cleaning idea (It's a small marina)
Currently we are anchored just outside the marina entrance.
Actually I'm glad we didn't make it into the marina, as there seems to be a mosquito gathering happening around that area ...
The main thing to do here is a train ride around the Island but the train is only running 3 times a week - we will try to get on it on Saturday
The "plan" calls then to go to Nevis Saturday evening, spend Sunday in Nevis and then to leave Monday morning short after midnight for Guadeloupe
Today again, I was fighting the Internet - but finally got it :-)
For those who have not been reading the blog EVERY DAY since we started in Jan ..I added a high gain Wifi antenna to the boat last fall and had great success picking up free internet when sailing from Trinidad to Antigua in Nov.
Now since we moved north, where people are more aware of "hacking" and securing there wifi access points, it has gotten a lot trickier - I can usually find an open access point with decent reception - but it still wont let me go onto the internet - I'm missing something.....
I have Kalin bring me two books to help me solve the "mystery" and help me understand the basics about Wifi and LAN setups a bit better...
- Networking All-in-One For Dummies (that would be me)
- Hacking Wireless Networks For Dummies (no comment)
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Liebi Grüess
Barbara
Glad to hear from you and that you and family are well and Thank you for reading this one a week :) kisses n hugs â
03/16/2011, Sabe
We did take the tour of the Island in a Taxi today... NO way you would want to walk any of this.
The Island is rather strange, as everything (except the ferry arrival at 10AM) is happening up in the 3 villages - there are no beaches to hang out - It seems like the only time you go to shore is if you need to pick up / drop something at the ferry dock ...
There are three settlement connected by a road called "the road that could not haven been built"
Once inside the settlement the feeling is actually very nice and relaxed ....
There is a US medical school on the island with 420 Students - they must all be in great shape and get great grads -as next to diving or hiking there is not much to do on the island ..
| Jan 25th - May2nd 2011 |
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03/15/2011, Saba Fort Bay
Today was a rainy day we several squalls passing buy ( non of the big once hit us direct - We ended up motor sailing 70% of the way as the squalls constantly would make the wind direction change.
Saba is a different kind of island - it's an "Oval" about 2 x 1.5miles with the highest point at 3000 feet. It looks more like a giant rock and is very very steep - actually there is only one access to the island at the south end (Fort Bay) other then that the coast is inaccessible and mostly just a rock face.
From the harbor there leads a steep (very steep) road to the main settlement called Bottom ?? We did actually walk up the road to Bottom today - but we won't do it again tomorrow !!!
The plan for tomorrow calls fro us to get a Taxi and get an Island tour- originally we had planned to hike up to the top of the Island abut JilL is not feeling to well and I'm not sure if she is ready for the 1064 steps leading up to the top of the mountain ????
georg
| Jan 25th - May2nd 2011 |
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03/13/2011, St Barth – Shell Beach
One needs to rest once in a while -correct ? Therefore as today is a Sunday, (at least that's what I believe it is) we decided to take a day off.
I did fight the "damn" Internet all day long - but finally I think I have it figured out (duplicate IP addresses on the WLAN)
The picture is actually back from St Martin where Jill was entertaining some local kids while I was looking for an ATM
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