Saint Kitts and Nevis Travel Blogs

The Last Stop
Jan 3, 2005 (7 photos)

... "nieve" (snow) because the frequent clouds shrouding the mountain on the island resembled a snow-capped peak. Nevis is even smaller than St. Kitts with 10,000 inhabitants. Many of its old sugar plantations have been converted into romantic inns. We stayed ...

Basseterre, St. Kitts
Dec 31, 2007 (97 photos)

We arrived at St. Kitts to fickle weather. We coordinated with several of our fellow cruisers and shared a bus to cockleshell beach where we found a heard of cattle, several free roaming goats and numerous monkies. The beach was beautiful except for the ...

Greetings from St. Martin
Jan 22, 2006 (14 photos)

... have most of our boat chores done...we're chomping at the bit to get back to St. Barts and then on to Eustasia, St. Kitts, Nevis and on to Guadeloupe. Unfortunately with the winds and seas we will give Saba a pass. I had wanted to dive there but with no ...

St. Maarten Island
May 18, 2005

What a wonderful island tour....

Antigua to St. Martin
Mar 10, 2005 (5 photos)

... , Jo vomited and we all got covered in water as we sped across the sea to the yachting mecca that is St Martin. Nevis and Saint Kits are very different to the other islands we've been to. They are more like American fishing towns then the paradise islands ...

Visiting Shelley in St. Kitts
Apr 15, 2001 (6 photos)

My sister Shelley went to vet school in St. Kitts and that provided an excellent excuse to visit a tropical island.  It was great to meet Shelley's friends and to see the island.  I met her boyfriend Damian who is now her boyfriend. ...

Westward
Apr 29, 2008 (7 photos)

... up in the morning and anchored for the day.  Had a great pizza in Marigot in St. Martin.  Won $50 that night at the casino [Heyo!].  Docked at the marina yesterday.  Went for a swim, got a shower, and had a great night out with Greg.

Sleepy tropical island in the sea of blue...
Mar 15, 2009 (65 photos)

Our Final port of call----Saint Kitts, tagged as the two sleepiest island in the Caribbean (one is Nevis). Today im so glad because the weather is so good, not overcast and not too sunny, temp is only 73F. Our plan is just to explore the scenery of St. ...

Country No. 91: St. Kitts
Mar 12, 2007 (14 photos)

... Basseterre, its capital. St. Kitts, originally known as St. Christopher, is actually a part of two-island country - St. Kitts and Nevis. It is not only an independent country, and it is also one of very few countries that has formal diplomatic relation ...

On to St. Kitts
Apr 19, 2006 (9 photos)

... "saint" part on with illusions of grandeur or it actually came later). This passage was an uneventful two mile voyage. Nevis and St. Kitts are much greener than Antigua because of the extinct volcanoes on both islands which attract the rain clouds. Upon ...

On the Road Again
Apr 16, 2006 (5 photos)

... . After Jolly Harbor, we struck out for Nevis (Nee-vis), a small island to the southeast of St. Kitts. The birthplace of Alexander Hamilton, Nevis was visited by Christopher Columbus in 1493. It probably hasn't changed much. On Friday morning we went ...

The islands of St Kitts and Niamhus
Jan 12, 2006 (8 photos)

... the suger market with other sugar producers. In an attempt to rescue the sugar industry in St Kitts, the government nationalized all sugar lands and bought the central factory (owners resisted as the prices offered for their land were dramatically lower ...

Down to Two Again
May 3, 2008 (2 photos)

... Paradise for everyone.  I get him and Kenny Chesney a lot more after being down here].  Went snorkeling - saw a shark and found a bracelet.  Next day, went to great snorkeling harbor and saw turtles, sting rays, shells, and barracuda.  ...

For The Rich And Famous
Jan 23, 2009

Similarly to St Kitts, St Barts also has another name! It's actually called St Barthelemy.  This island is only quite small and although we didn't explore it, supposed to be very beautiful. It's apparently the playground for the rich and famous (we ...

St Kitts - Sounds French it's actually English...
Jan 21, 2009 (19 photos)

The Island is actually called St Christopher, which I found out after a while. Quite confusing when people talk about St Kitts and all I can find on the charts is a place called Nevis and another island just north called St Christopher.  Well ...

colourful life
Nov 15, 2008 (42 photos)

... fotografow profesjonalistow - nie wzial aparatu :o),wiec Annie cykala komorka. Buziaczek dla wszystkich. ENGLISH: Colourful people, colourful country and a Sunday - thus we made a trip to a colourful church :). I spent a super nice afternoon in a small ...

nevis
Jun 22, 2008

 

St Kitts
Oct 22, 2005 (6 photos)

... ! Nous avons profité de notre statut de "Résident des caraibes" pour avoir un bon spécial sur une chambre au Marriott de St Kitts. C'est vraiment un beau "resort", et on a presque envie d'y rester plutôt que de sortir. Première journée nous avons loué une ...

9th Anniversary was a Great Day!
May 2, 2008

... and saw many tropical fish, turtles and lots of colorful coral. We then stopped off at the Coco Beach Club on the island of Nevis and had lunch, rum punch and enjoyed time on wave runners. On the way back to St Kitts Island, it's customary to dance around ...

St Kitts
Dec 27, 2003

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St Kitts
Apr 10, 2006

St Kitts

Landed in St Kitts!
May 1, 2008

Landed in St Kitts arond 2PM on 4/30. Hotel is big, plantation style. We received lots of extra high five favors upon arrival including backback with sunscreeen, hat, visors, snacks, etc. I jumped into the Atlantic ocea for the 1st time as our hotel sits ...

Après 2 jours en mer... St-Kitts !
Mar 24, 2009

À venir

Conference in Nevis
Jul 2, 2005

Wednesday June 29, 2005 Today we all went to Nevis to attend a Post Medieval Archaeology Conference. There were 5 papers presented on the research being performed at Brimstone Hill, the fortress we are excavating. There were other papers also ...

Half Way Through
Nov 16, 2005

... a large tub because water was such a precious resource on the hill. These engineers designed elaborate water catch-all systems and huge cisterns. On Sunday we drove all the way around the island. The windward side is much less populated than the ...

What?
Apr 15, 2007 (81 photos)

So I was just going through some of my old Travel Pod and saw that I only had 4 photos from St Kitts. Why would I have done that? Let's fix that problem!

St.Kitts
Nov 18, 2007 (12 photos)

... a couple of palm trees for shade. Snorkeling is very average as the sea bed is grass but there was plenty of starfish and conchs. Back at Baseterre the shops around the cruise terminal were open but just the usual turist traps. The island seems worthy of ...

Pictures
Apr 14, 2007 (4 photos)

Wanted to drop in some of my favorite pictures.

Basseterre
Dec 20, 2008

St Kitts

An experience - no where else in the Caribbean
Jun 20, 2005 (4 photos)

... ; each has a private pool and huge marble baths, high-tech accoutrements like flat-screen TVs, in-room exercise equipment and gorgeous furnishings. The restaurant overlooks the pool and the ocean, and I enjoyed the formal and presentation of the dishes ( ...