10 April - Today has been spent being driven around the island of St Kitts. Its about 35 miles and we have seen lots of industrial sugar cane relics. Romney Manor plantation house and its exquisite gardens and splendid views across the sea. We have been to Brimstone Hill Fortress This was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999 and is a well preserved example of 17th and 18th century hill fortress, built on a volcanic plug. Its been nicknamed the Gibraltar of the West Indies.

 

We finished off the day chilling out at the Shipwreck Bar in Frigate Bay.

 

St Georges Anglican Church, Basseterre

 

Sorting out the dinghy, It was a leaky valve, fixed now

 

Basseterre Waterfront with Mt Liamuiga in background

 

Remains of Sugar Cane Processing Plant

 

Pots for boiling sugar cane syrup and the boiler

 

Romney Manor Gardens

 

 

Romney Manor Gardens, 400 year old tree

 

Fort Brimstone, Prince Charles Battery

 

 

Fort Brimstone, Eastern Battery

 

Looking South, Caribbean on right, Atlantic on left, Mount Nevis in background without its hat on