St Kitts

Margo and I spent the first week in May on St. Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean visiting Steven, who was on spring break from vet school at Ross University.  


A ferry ride took us to the island of Nevis, the other half of this small nation.  It happens to be the birthplace of Alexander Hamilton.  We hired Clayton Daniel, a taxi driver, who gave us a great tour of the island, including a church built in the early 1600s and lunched at the Golden Rock, a refurbished sugar plantation.


We spent much of one day sailing and snorkeling on a catamaran.  We met some great folks on the trip, from as far away as the Netherlands. We even had three doctors aboard. Despite raining for most of the day, we burned our backs, as we spent quite a bit time on our bellies peering at a great variety of  brightly colored fish.

A tour of St. Kitts took us to a variety of sights including a batik shop, where we watched a portion of the tedious process of waxing and dying to make wonderful designs in cloth.  Visiting the Brimstone Hill Fortress gave us more insight into the history of the region and an opportunity for commanding views of the island and surrounding waters. 

At our visit to Black Rock, we saw towering crags of volcanic rock, as well as treated ourselves to coconut, freshly harvested that morning by an industrious young man who runs a stand there.  

St. Kitts

Steven has been on

Steven has been on spring break from Ross University on St Kitts in the Caribbean.  We decided to take the opportunity to bring him some things he can't find there ... and do some sightseeing as well.
We gathered together a variety of food, snacks, and other news items and packed up a couple of suitcases of things for him.