Return to St Kitts

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Geo: 17.31, -62.73

Saturday, March 15th
St Kitts

Jeff and I have been to St. Kitts before; in fact, one of my favorite vacation photos of us (my profile photo on Facebook) is us at Brimstone Hill Fortress.

Early this morning we were awakened by the Captain making an announcement from the bridge which is unusual. He announced that only one of the ships six thrusters were working. Thrusters are the things that move the ship sideways and are important for moving to and away from the dock. As a result, we would not be tying up at the port in St. Kitts, but would be tendered in.

This wasn't a problem for us as we hadn't made any plans except just wandering around town, but there was lots of hubbub as the lifeboats were lowered. To get to shore you have to get a tender ticket and through the day they call the numbers. It's interesting that when they make the announcements they always call the lifeboats "pontoons." They are definitely not pontoons, but that or "tender" probably sounds better than telling people to get into the lifeboats. Hahaha

We waited until the crush of those going ashore was lessened and made our way to St. Kitts. Walked around town and took some photos. The "Circus" is a big circle and with the traffic and pedestrians it does indeed resemble a circus.

We wandered out of the tourist area, came upon a fish market...shirtless men standing on the rocks, scaling and gutting fish. There were people waiting to buy the fresh fish. Along the sidewalks were women selling fresh veggies. We passed several stands of homemade grills. The grills were made of large barrels that had been cut in half top to bottom, filled with charcoal and the food, chicken, pork, smelled wonderful! We walked around for several hours, just exploring the city.

After a while we decided we were really hungry...there were plenty of the normal tourist restaurants, but that grilled chicken smelled so good! You guessed it - we went back to one of the street grills and bought a hunk of chicken to eat. It came with a piece of garlic bread. We then made our way to an outdoor cafe and ordered the local "Banks" beer. The chicken was phenomenal!!! $4 US for an excellent local lunch. This is what vacation is all about...

Back on the ship via tender I spent the afternoon reading while Jeff napped then we went to the gym and worked out.

Announcement from the captain -two of the six thrusters are fixed. Progress, but for our stop in St. Thomas tomorrow we will be tendered into shore.

Always an adventure.

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Photos

One of 3 historic churches
One of three historic churches

The Circus
The Circus

Gumby and Pokey are cut off!
Gumby and Pokey are cut off!

Pink footsteps
Pink footsteps

Excellent chicken
Excellent chicken

Comments

[travelwrite]

Fabulous report. I sat here with a cup of tea and read all the way until today, in one enjoyable session! I love your trip blogs. Looking forward to more! Eve

[mjanesmith]

Thank you so much! As you know it is a struggle to keep up when doing so many wonderful things. I have some great photos for these last few days but the ship's internet is too slow for uploading. :-( I'll post them as soon as I have good co
nnectivity. I will go ahead and post the narratives...

[travelwrite]

Yes, I know that too-slow-to-upload frustration well!! Am very glad to read the narratives, even without pictures.You did such a fabulous blog on the Turkey trip and this one is just as interesting. Wish I had your talent. You transport me
there and experiencing with you. Have lots more fun and keep sharing. Eve