One of the many narrow roads in St. Kitts
Funny birds in a tree.
Rainbow on St. Kitts in the morning.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
St. Kitts
One of the many narrow roads in St. Kitts
Funny birds in a tree.
Rainbow on St. Kitts in the morning.
Caribelle Batik, St. Kitts
One of the first stops on our tour was Caribelle Batik. We toured the Romney Gardens and got to see a woman demonstrating how batik is done. We also had some time to purchase things if we so desired. I loved how all the buildings are so brightly colored and cheerful.
Rock drawing on way to Caribelle Batik, Romney Gardens.
A fan palm.
Romney Gardens.
Woman demonstrating how batik is done.
Rock drawing on way to Caribelle Batik, Romney Gardens.
A fan palm.
Romney Gardens.
Woman demonstrating how batik is done.
More St. Kitts
We really enjoyed seeing the sights in St. Kitts. Our tour was quite an adventure, too (but little did we know how much of an adventure when we set out!) We took a rainforest adventure trip. At first, we got on a truck with an open back with metal gridwork. Some people sat inside the truck, while others (like us!) sat in the open back. Dave and I were the last ones on the back, so, while the truck was whizzing through the streets of St. Kitts, we had an up close and personal view of the street! I would've taken a photo, but I was too busy clinging to the metal bars. :D
Our tour included a few stops at "set up" places where people would pop out of seemingly nowhere to hawk their goods. One of the more interesting stops was with a man who had a pet green monkey on his back, wearing a diaper. He had the little guy hop up onto us and walk around, then wanted money for it. The monkey clearly did not want to be with the tourists and kept trying to hop back on the man, who kept pushing him back up on us. At one point, the monkey hopped up on Dave for some peace. Our tour guide said many people on St. Kitts have the monkeys as pets, but they have to be caught as babies, otherwise they will be too wild.
A "sandpaper tree".
Our tour guide demonstrating that once the vines hanging from the trees get large and old enough, even an adult can swing from them. Fun!
A huge, gnarled tree in the woods.
Can you see the blue ropes in the trees? We literally had to pull ourselves up using those, roots, and trees. Welcome to "Survivor: St. Kitts"!
Our tour included a few stops at "set up" places where people would pop out of seemingly nowhere to hawk their goods. One of the more interesting stops was with a man who had a pet green monkey on his back, wearing a diaper. He had the little guy hop up onto us and walk around, then wanted money for it. The monkey clearly did not want to be with the tourists and kept trying to hop back on the man, who kept pushing him back up on us. At one point, the monkey hopped up on Dave for some peace. Our tour guide said many people on St. Kitts have the monkeys as pets, but they have to be caught as babies, otherwise they will be too wild.
A "sandpaper tree".
Our tour guide demonstrating that once the vines hanging from the trees get large and old enough, even an adult can swing from them. Fun!
A huge, gnarled tree in the woods.
Can you see the blue ropes in the trees? We literally had to pull ourselves up using those, roots, and trees. Welcome to "Survivor: St. Kitts"!
Barbados
We arrived in Bridgetown, Barbados, which was a lot more built up than the other islands. Dave and I aren't city lovers, so this wasn't our favorite stop on the trip. We did go snorkeling, though, which was my first time with it and it was fun! We got to see a couple shipwrecks and all the funny little fish and creatures that like to make homes in them. The beach we were at on Barbados had light pink sand, too, which was pretty neat. :)
After that excursion, we walked around the city for a bit, got some Barbadian dollars (you know Dave and coins!), and bought some neat glassware and pottery. At the end of all that, though, we were really happy to get back on the ship. Did I mention we aren't city lovers?
Bridgetown is so named because there are three bridges one after another in the center of town.
A WWI memorial in the center of Bridgetown.
Dapper policmen keeping the streets of Bridgetown safe.
A pretty blue building. I saw the sign, which said something about "Book making", and thought, "Ah, what a cute publishing house!" Dave informed me that it is a bookie place (and not the Barnes and Noble kind). Oh, well.
After that excursion, we walked around the city for a bit, got some Barbadian dollars (you know Dave and coins!), and bought some neat glassware and pottery. At the end of all that, though, we were really happy to get back on the ship. Did I mention we aren't city lovers?
Bridgetown is so named because there are three bridges one after another in the center of town.
A WWI memorial in the center of Bridgetown.
Dapper policmen keeping the streets of Bridgetown safe.
A pretty blue building. I saw the sign, which said something about "Book making", and thought, "Ah, what a cute publishing house!" Dave informed me that it is a bookie place (and not the Barnes and Noble kind). Oh, well.
St. Lucia
St. Lucia is one of our favorite islands of the trip (that, and St. Maarten). We loved our tour! It was almost 7hrs. long, but we saw a lot of the island, and our tour guide was fun. A lot of the roads on St. Lucia are VERY steep (photos don't really do justice, but I tried). I did a lot of praying on that tour! At the end, we stopped at a restaurant high up in the mountains and had a creole lunch, complete with free rum punch.
St. Lucia is like the epitome of a lush, tropical island. Our tour guide was constantly pointing out to us avocado trees, mango trees, banana trees, nutmeg trees, almond trees, etc. You felt as if you could survive a long time if you had been shipwrecked there ages ago. When we first arrived, it was rainy, but the rain never lasted longer than 10-15 minutes before stopping and then the sun would burst through the clouds. God even gave us a rainbow to complete it all. :)
Really steep roads!!
Dave and I, at a scenic overlook at the beginning of our tour of St. Lucia.
A view of the port city, Castries, from the overlook.
Baby bananas.
The bananas had bags on them to help protect them from pests. The holes in the bags and the blue color are to help them from ripening too fast. Did you know only one large bunch of bananas grows on each tree?
Our driver Samuel, and the weaver.
The man weaving and selling bananas.
A fish the man wove for me. :)
A woman washing clothes by the creekside.
Nutmeg trees were all over the place.
Gorgeous!
A steel drum band, for our listening pleasure. :)
A whole lotta bamboo!
Rats.
The waterfall at Diamond Botanical Gardens.
I cannot remember what this flower is, but it is lovely nonetheless. :)
A beautiful hummingbird in the gardens.
St. Lucia is like the epitome of a lush, tropical island. Our tour guide was constantly pointing out to us avocado trees, mango trees, banana trees, nutmeg trees, almond trees, etc. You felt as if you could survive a long time if you had been shipwrecked there ages ago. When we first arrived, it was rainy, but the rain never lasted longer than 10-15 minutes before stopping and then the sun would burst through the clouds. God even gave us a rainbow to complete it all. :)
Really steep roads!!
Dave and I, at a scenic overlook at the beginning of our tour of St. Lucia.
A view of the port city, Castries, from the overlook.
Baby bananas.
The bananas had bags on them to help protect them from pests. The holes in the bags and the blue color are to help them from ripening too fast. Did you know only one large bunch of bananas grows on each tree?
Our driver Samuel, and the weaver.
The man weaving and selling bananas.
A fish the man wove for me. :)
A woman washing clothes by the creekside.
Nutmeg trees were all over the place.
Gorgeous!
A steel drum band, for our listening pleasure. :)
A whole lotta bamboo!
Rats.
The waterfall at Diamond Botanical Gardens.
I cannot remember what this flower is, but it is lovely nonetheless. :)
A beautiful hummingbird in the gardens.
More St. Lucia
One of the places we stopped at was the La Soufriere Volcano. Once upon a time, they allowed people to actually go down that steaming, hissing, bubbling area and walk around. A tour guide a few years back stopped that, though, by stomping on the ground (why, I don't know...), and the ground crumbled under him, dropping him into the boiling mud and water down below. Thankfully, he did not die from that, but, alas, that is why we aren't allowed to go down there! The tour guide showed us a pipe where water was coming out, and it looked like someone was drawing a bath. The steam was pouring out of it! The only negative about this was that it smelled strongly of sulpher/rotten eggs. The tour guides told us if it ever stopped sending out steam, then that is the time to leave the island because it is going to blow!
The Pitons, symbol of St. Lucia.
View from the restaurant we had lunch at on St. Lucia.
Marigot Bay, St. Lucia.
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