St. Kitts and Nevis

Dave and I are in the St. Kitts airport right now, waiting for our
flight to Antigua for a layover, then off we go to Dominica. We are
having a good time, though today we had some stress with the rental
car (flat tire, trunk didn't open, tools to change the tire weren't so
great, nobody at the agency when we needed to return the car to catch
the flight, etc...).

We stayed at a plantation on Nevis, where we did a short nature trail
hike the first day, and a 5 hour hike the second day. The 5 hour hike
took us to The Source - i.e. the water source. It was pretty
strenuous, very technically difficult, though we saw some wonderful
scenary, and we really felt like we were in the rainforest. Dave took
tons of photos. The short nature trail walk took us through monkey
territory and we saw them eating mangoes. The trail smelled of
fermenting mangos - the monkeys take a bite or two and leave the rest
of the mango. Nevis is fairly small, and it is easy to get around. The
road that circumnavigates Mount Nevis is about 20 miles long.

St. Kitts is also fairly eas to drive around. It seems like there is
more to do here. Nevis is more of a true escape, where you can relax
and get away from everything. We planned to mountain bike on St.
Kitts, but discovered that the tour company listed in our book was
actually an ATV tour, not a bicycle tour. We didn't end up hiking or
windsurfing as we'd planned - plenty of relaxation and driving around
to see various things. We saw a parade in town - some school kids on
their last day of summer church school. We also went to a huge Fort on
St. Kitts. It was amazingly beautiful and well-restored. It really was
a photographer's dream. Dave took tons of panoramic photos - as the
views were amazing 360 degrees.

I have to go - my time on the airport computer is out, but we'll write
try to check-in again sometime in Dominica.