Wednesday and Thursday, March 30 and 31, 2011

After another lovely sea day, we arrived in Basseterre, St. Kitts. St. Kitts is 68 square miles and has a population of 32,000 people. It was originally known as St. Christopher and formed a colony with Nevis. The name change occurred in 1988.
They use to trade in sugar, but there are no more mills or fields. Tourism is their main livelihood. There is a lot of poverty here against a backdrop of hotels and beaches.
We took a tour of a former plantation that is now gardens and a museum. It was quite interesting as was the woman who owns it. You can't help but have a good feeling walking through the gardens as she decorates with many whimsical statues and art work.

After a complimentary rum punch (which gave quite a punch) ;) we arrived at an overlook showing us where the Atlantic and the Caribbean meet. It was a lovely spot and I have posted 2 pics from there. Afterwards we went to Frigate Beach.The sand was very coarse and uncomfortable. There were many rocks and stones as you enter the water and when trying to get back out, Joe and I lost our balance as a wave or two struck us. Boy, did that ever hurt ,not to mention how embarrassing it was to roll up on the beach.

We are going out to the Crown Grill for filet mignon and lobster tonight. The food has been excellent so far. Some of the dinners we had were prime rib, halibut, cornish hen,
Luau Pork, beef fajitas and veal shank.

We have seen two good comedians so far and hope to see the third one tonight.
Tomorrow we will be in Barbados.