Saturday, April 12, 2008

Tying Up Loose Ends #3

"Two islands, one paradise" is the motto of St. Kitts and Nevis. So when "the neighbours" were here, not only did we tour St. Kitts but we took the ferry across to Nevis, as well. If you use your imagination lol... St. Kitts is to Niagara Falls as Nevis is to Niagara on the Lake. Nevis does boast its share of history...it is the birth place of Alexander Hamilton, vice president of the US...Admiral Horatio Nelson met and married Fanny Nisbet here and Nevis was the site of the first Jewish synagogue and cemetery in the Caribbean.

It is a more "exclusive" island with less mass development. A lot of their sugar plantation great houses have been turned into boutique type hotels and they do have better beaches and an amazing botanical garden, but contrary to the standard line that Nevisians repeat at the end of the motto..."and it is here!" I think that I still prefer St. Kitts. Having said that, I have a few pictures to post and you can form your own opinions.













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