Those waves were at least twenty to thirty feet high. Even seeing from a fairly elevated point, they looked impressive in size.

The Caribbean usually conjures up images of pristine beaches, crystal blue water and the even bluer skies. One does not think of volcanoes. But St. Kitts has a (dormant) volcano in Mt. Liamuiga (Mt. Misery). The effect of prior activity can be seen on the north east side of the island. The beaches are filled with volcanic rock and the sand itself is black in color from those rocks getting pounded by big waves for centuries.

Okay, I will see myself out now 🙂

This is an impressive large structure (the part you see here is only one portion) made on top of the hill. Dates back to the 17th century. Apparently, this fort has never been conquered except once when the French lay siege on the British soldiers here.

One of the lasting legacies of British Empire has been the railways they always built in their colonies. Even for a tiny island like St. Kitts, there is a railway that used to take sugarcane to the processing factories in Basseterre.

Now, I believe this is the only surviving railway that operates a train. Only for tourism purposes though. It is still narrow gauge!!

Reminds me of a Jagjit Singh sing!

Got a rental car for myself to drive around the island. I had mentally prepared myself to drive on the left side of the road. I kept reminding myself that the drivers instinct is always to keep himself to the middle of the road. So, it all works out.

Except that when I got into the car, I realized it is a US car (driver on left) but I have to drive UK style (left side of the road).

This is going to be interesting…