January 8
The
next morning, we work up early and picked up our rental car, dropped
off the metal frame of our captain's seat at the welder, then headed
out for a tour around the island. Our first stop was the Romney
Manor which is one of the historic sugar plantations that has been
restored and filled with beautiful gardens. This plantation also is
where the famous Caribelle Batik boutique is located where they have
locals displaying their technique for creating the batik designs
which is a Caribbean-style fabric used to make clothing, purses,
furniture covers, placemats, etc.
Our
next stop was the Brimstone Hill Fort which is a huge British fort
that has been preserved and turned into a National monument and park
by the Queen of England. The fort was home to about 1,000 British
soliders, and was almost captured by the French in a siege in the
1700s. There are several small museum exhibits within the rooms of
the fort explaining the history of the monument and depicting what
life was like back then. There are amazing views from the top of the
fort where Statia and Saba can be seen in the distance.
We
continued our drive around the island, rounding the north shore where
we stopped to look out at the ocean. It was extremely rough
conditions with 10-ft waves and strong wind, so we were happy that
the boat was safely docked at the marina and that we weren't in the
middle of it (although we did see a couple of brave sailboats out
there, much bigger than our boat!).
Next
stop was the Ottley Plantation which reminded us a lot of The Golden
Inn at Nevis. We walked around the gardens for a little while, then
got back in the car and finished the island loop.
Later
that evening, we took advantage of having the rental car and went to
the Caribbean Cinema (St. Kitt's movie theater) to see The Hobbit.
We were really impressed with the movie theater which was almost
identical to Regal in the US, but much cheaper. One adult ticket for
an evening movie cost about $3 USD.
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