A 5 minute taxi ride ($4pp) took us to downtown. This is a great place to shop for precious stones, watches and cameras as there is neither duty nor sales tax.
Having completed our purchases, we took a 2 hour tour of the island ($25pp price is government regulated) we had a taxi to ourselves and our guide was very pleasant and informative.
All the way up, the scenery was breathtaking.
Our first stop was Drake’s Seat, where we got a good view of Magen’s Bay below.
It was very inviting with its crystal clear aquamarine water. It is regarded as one of the world’s top beaches by National Geographic, where celebrities holiday.
We continued to Mountain Top, climbing steeply as we went. Again the view was spectacular and our guide pointed out the British and US protectorates in the ocean below.
And again Magen’s Bay revealed itself in all its glory.
We returned through the mountains
and back to Crown Bay, where our ship had docked.
There was some evidence of the havoc the hurricane had caused but the clean up has been spectacular.
Their reliance on tourism, particularly on cruises accelerated the process.
It was all on board for 15.30 hrs and we sail at 17.00.
Before dinner, we attended the evening show. Yesterday, it was most disappointing. Enduring a single comedian for 1.1/2 hrs was demanding especially as he was quite crude at times! Tonight the dancers entertained us once more. They are good but not quite as good as what we experienced on the Queen Mary.
We had dinner and retired. Our last port of call is St Kitts Nevis. We dock at 0700hrs so we hope to exit the ship as soon as possible to arrange a trip on the only train running on the Caribbean islands. It once transported sugar cane from the plantations to the port but it was closed because of less demand for sugar cane once sugar beet was used to manufacture sugar. However, it was realised that it might be a tourist attraction and so it re-opened in 2003.
Good night ... details of train ride tomorrow ......
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