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[journeysofpatrickandarchana]

St Baart & St Kitts - 3rd April 2013

 

Ile Fourchue

This little bay of Ile Fourchue had some turtles swimming in it and the grey pelicans frequently diving for fish. This was a protected natural reserve and we had to ensure no fishing lines were visible while in these waters.

St Baart's (St Barthelemy)

After a lovely break and a yummy lunch, we sailed to the rich island of St Baart's (St Barthelemy). What a contrast to the poor cousin St Maarten? This French owned isle was filled with expensive boutiques and beautiful cars! There was no sign of poverty and the architecture would have fooled you in believing that you were in St Tropez. Well you were in the St Tropez of the Caribbean!



We anchored on the bay for the night as we watched the house (bay) turtle do his rounds. We were surrounded by various yachts that indicated the metropolitan mix of this area. Despite all the super rich yachts, my favourite was our neighbour.....a Chinese Junk boat - rusty, poor looking and proud, it had a look of a spy vessel. But life was good, you could smell the rice being cooked on it.

We travelled by our dinghy the next morning to visit the island and also complete the immigration process for St Baart's.

St Kitts (St Christopher)

That evening after an early dinner, we headed off for St Kitts (St Christopher). Although not on our original itinerary the decision was weather enforced.

As we approached the island late evening, we could see and smell back-burning. When we turned around the corner the wind dropped so the last patch of sailing (motoring into wind) took forever. We arrived in St Kitts anchorage (or what we thought was the anchorage late hours past mid-night). Tired and weary all we wanted to do was anchor and go off to sleep. The anchorage looked surprisingly vacant. No other yachts were visible and with the night vision the area across seemed like a working dock. We had gone past an anchored cruise liner earlier and wondered if that should have been the anchorage but our guide book indicated otherwise. It was too late turn around and we were too tired so we put up our "Q" flag indicating we are in the process of entering the country and completing the formalities if immigration and customs (these would have to wait until the morning as the offices would be closed at this late hour). The general feeling was to avoid a late arrival in the future.

The anchorage had a lot of swell (large sea waves) rolling the boat all night. I could barely sleep as it felt wrong. Just wrong to be there!

I woke up at the first light to see a very un-impressive industrial looking town in aft and we were facing the working dock in the fore as anticipated the previous night.

After breakfast, 5 of us got ready to visit this ugly looking town....country. We headed in our yellow dinghy to the work men's jetty as indicated in the guide book.

Leaving Phil & Sibylle with the dinghy (we had heard about dinghy thefts in the region) we made our way as indicated by the workers to the customs office. A smart lady officer in impeccable English advised us that we were in the wrong bay and although she could assist us a bit, we were better off going to the other side of the cruise liner where there was a marina and both the customs and immigration formalities as well as the port paperwork would be completed.

This was not the Caribbean island we were anticipating. An artificial facade welcomed us to blairing music, bars and souvenir shops, the place was full of overweight tourists, with orange skin from the 2 cruise liners anchored at the bay.

We had to stop at a bar to access internet by using their complimentary Wifi service.....this bar was in the annex of a casino, selling US $3 alcoholic smoothies at 11 in the morning with Asian crew from the cruise liners smoking like chimneys while they communicated with friends and family back home.

At the Customs and immigration office I saw my first set of carbon paper after almost 3 decades. Not self-carbonated paper, but actual blue carbon paper that had to be stapled between 3 copies of the same form. Do they still make them? After previous two islands of St Maarten and St Baart's where the process was computerised (simple & straight-forward) check-in and check-out, we found this a bit Neanderthal. To see the senior customs officer supervising her 2 staff while she read a novel in the background reminded me of the Indian government offices of the 70s.

Formalities completed, we headed off to the real world of St Kitts...simple, poor people. Patrick and I had a quick stop at the supermarket (another establishment owned by the Indians) called Ram's. No dearth of Indian pickles (Mother's Choice and Bedekars), spices etc...here. After the grocery shopping we went back to the boat and had a quick lunch. While Patrick and the rest went on a sight seeing tour, I stayed on the boat for some "me" time.

Again after early dinner we headed off to Dominica (for the cricket fans, this is the country of Shane Shillingford).

[lorenscolombia]

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[jqlouise]

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[oestinger]

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[thepigwithin]

We’ve been visiting/ living in St. Kitts far too long to have never tried @chinchillas_st.kitts! For lunch, we wanted a new scene and a different flavour. Located right on the strip at Frigate Bay - it was indeed an afternoon well spent! We started with chips and guac (not pictured). Steak Fajitas • Grilled Lobster #Lunch #Chinchillas #mexicanfood #caribbeanflavor #foodstagram #newspot #FrigateBay #StKitts (at Chinchillas St Kitts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO8Z2lRj-Ud/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bonobochick]

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[jiggadphotography]

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[buckiegotit]

The Cable Stkitts continues their amazing work transforming the entryway to the JNF Hospital and surrounding areas!

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[mattelier]

north shore shell museum & restaurant, carrot bay, st. kitts. pentax me super, pro image 100, hand-held, no filter. 

[thepigwithin]

For casual dining, Boozies on the beach offers a vast number of really tasty options. It’s definitely one of our favourite chill places to hang out with friends. It’s turn your pot down Saturday! 🍽 1. Grilled chicken Cesar salad 2. Classic Nachos 3. Chicken quesadillas 4. Fried Snapper Not pictured are the best mango daiquiris on island! 😋 . . . . #booziesonthebeach #Stkitts #casualdining #groupdining #foodiegram #foodiesofinstagram (at The Strip, St. Kitts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGdmtqZDyC6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=