Old Manor Hotel Charlestown

... so festive and all the stores have a Caribbean flair, i really like it, looks so newer to me. There are different contrast of paint color in each store which made them so pretty and i saw some Kittitian dancers performing in the port's street with their costume and mask on. Again we got our Scenic St. Kitts tour from locals of Basseterre, not from the ship, and just charge us $20 per person. We are only 6 people in the tour van, our tour guide is Leroy a native of ...

... and Joan Armatrading, how could we not stop!! We anchored just off the capital town of Basseterre (that even sounds French) which was very exposed to the swell and quite windblown. After 5 minutes we decided we were all going ashore to clear into customs before we were sea sick. We'll just let Bella roll around out there for the day. Ashore, we visited some of the many shops, all designed to extract tourist ...

... economy and the largest resort on the island being closed because of hurricane damage we practically had the island to ourselves. However we did manage to run into another family from Chicago 3 times in 6 days. The food was amazing and the people even better.

... of the Caribbean Sea. I didn`t have plenty of time,but I hope to go back there and make a trip around the island. The internet is damn expensive there - 2$ for 20 min. The pictures are average quality - neither of us - professional photographers - didn`t bring a camera with him :o), thus Annie was shooting with her mobile phone. Love to everyone.

... chat about cricket, which is no problems as far as I'm concerned. Stopping off at my hotel for a quick shower, I sauntered into Basseterre, about 3 miles away, to check things out. Ostensibly the trip was to source tickets for the game which was on Friday, but it also happened when I got there that the Aussies were still training at the ground, so I sauntered round and watched them for an hour or so.

... Back in Frigate Bay for dinner, we went to the Shikkity Shack on the beach and had lobster and ribs. Reasonable prices there as we total was about $70 including drinks and tip. There was live music and entertainment including the local mythical FIRE MAN. He swallows fire, breathes fire like a dragon and does the limbo under fire pole. It was very surreal as they played the Fire Man Raggae song and all of the locals sing along. We are off to ATV in the jungle today, Friday.

... Carribean side. We had diiner with entire TI team on beach with chicken, roasted beef, grouper and pork buffett. There was a limbo contest and Annamarie and I lasted through a few rounds. Colleen Barneson was the winner with $100 prize! On our way to Catamaran/ snorkle trip on our 9th anniversary.

St Kitts: This is one of the better islands to go shopping. They are new to tourism and therefore their prices were very competitive. St Thomas may have more to choose from, but if you find what you like on this island, this is where you'll get the best deal.

There were two other ships docked and we were not docked were we were told we would be, so we had to take a taxi to the town. This was quite an experience as the taxi was a small mini bus with eight of us packed in and tail gated a large lorry most of the way to town whilst also driving in the ...

... except for a brackish pool of water at the bottom. It was a very fantastic hike. Just a few more days left. The archaeology is winding down a bit. Soon we will start mapping everything and backfilling all the units we've opened up. This will probably be my last entry. Love to you all- Michelle