St. Kitts
December 24
On
Christmas Eve, we took our bikes ashore to the marina dock at
Christophe Harbor which is currently being developed within Ballast
Bay. Christophe Harbor is slated to be one of the luxurious hot
spots for mega-yachts in the Caribbean. Construction has been
underway for a few years, and will include a 300-berth marina for
yachts ranging from 100 to 500 ft in length, a 18-hole Tom Fazio golf
course, and a beachfront village with condos, villas, huge houses,
and the Beach Pavilion pool / restaurant area. Gene and I managed to
get approval from the security team to ride around the village on our
bikes and check out the properties, most of which are undeveloped
lots for sale, but also a number of gorgeous beachfront houses and
the Beach Pavilion. After exploring the Christohpe Harbor area, we
rode our bikes to the southern coast of St. Kitts to Cockleshell Bay
which is home to a few beach bars. We walked up and down the beach
stopping for drinks in Spice Mill and Reggae Beach bars. Reggae
Beach is the most lively of the beach bars and seems to attract a lot
of business from the incoming cruise ships or the guests of the
Marriott. They also are famous for their Friday night bonfire and
dinner buffet which we had the pleasure of experiencing later in the
week. We saw a bunch of monkeys running along the road during our
bike ride – Gene was very tempted to take one back to the boat as
our pet. After our bike ride, we returned to the boat for snorkeling
and sunset drinks, and eventually cooked dinner. Later in the
evening, we took the dingy to shore for a little Christmas Even beach
fire (very little fire by Gene's standards since we're probably not
allowed to build massive beach fires in St. Kitts!).
View of Christophe Harbor Development
Monkey on the southern end of St. Kitts
Old Sugar Mill Ruins
Christmas Eve Beach Fire
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