More from St Kitts
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Mike and Liz Downing
Thu 26 Mar 2009 15:31
The west side of the island is particularly lush. On the
flatter areas they still have sugar cane fields (the main industry before
tourism came along), but a fairly recent decision was taken not to harvest
it as it was no longer economic. So it's just left to
grow.
Romney Manor on the west coast - headquarters for
Caribelle Batik
Some of their printed material
drying
Demonstration area on how they make
batik
A giant saman tree reputed to be 350 years
old
The sugar cane railway
The railway is narrow gauge, runs all the way around the
island and was used to transport the sugar cane. It's now used to transport
tourists, but not this bit! The part still in use runs on the eastern side
of the island and is the only remaining operational railway in the Eastern
Caribbean.
A captured baby vervet monkey - it shouldn't
be allowed!
St Kitts has lots of wild monkeys - more monkeys than people,
but they all live in the highland areas and are seldom seen near the
coast.
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