Inn at Cades Bay
Travel Blogs from Nevis
Around Nevis
... eating there that day, we got the best table in the house and had a had a calm lunch overlooking their the foliage. Again, it was a “nice view” type of place with a calm ambiance made even calmer by the James Taylor and Jack Johnson playing softly in the background.
Of course, as was our luck for the weekend, as soon as we were done, it started to rain. I drove back down the mountain very carefully ...
Hanging around
... br> There are some "businesses" that are open a lot. For one, there are always guys selling bags of sugar cane off the main road by the central bank. For 5EC, you can get a bag with a few stick of cane in them. One of my colleagues and I split a bag. Fresh sugar cane is pretty good. It's a little difficult to get the liquid out of as you have to chew it without getting all of the fibrous part too, but it's good.
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Swimming the distance
... I've ever seen, even on those tv shows. The pig-thing was just sleeping under some boats on a rack. It wasn't chained, penned, or otherwise limited as to where it could go, although I'm not sure what you'd use to pen something like that in anyway. We hung out a while,
but then we left to make it to the “Sea Bridge” in time to cross and see the end of the race.
The Sea Bridge consists of ...
Landlubber legs
... to go for a run or walk with a group. This was one of the best decisions I made.
The group itself was made up of a wide variety of people. Some families had kids, there were a bunch of students, locals, and some older ladies as well. Some of the group did the run, while others walked. I walked because it was my first time, and I had some great conversations with the people I was walking ...
Exploring like a land pirate
... Cumin is a staple in Indian, middle eastern, Mexican and other foods. At home, I buy it in bulk. Here, you apparently just can't get it. [Update: it is findable on the island, you just have to know where to look.] Grrrr. I had gotten a lot of produce to make Moroccan stew, but now I was going to have to rethink my meal. (I ended up going Chinese with some of the ingredients and using others for other things.) One more thing about the ...