 After clearing immigration and customs, Lauren, Rob and I looked for a restaurant but only found upscale touristy places - but the immigration officer had told us about this lady who sold food from the trunk of her car and the meal was delicious.
[17°17'31.52"N 62°43'20.27"W ] | | St. Kitts fast food | |
 Brimstone Fortress is an amazing fort and is now a world cultural heritage site, deservedly so. The amazing fortifications high above the waters have to be visited in order to get a true impression of their size.
[17°20'46.73"N 62°50'5.77"W (facing NW)] | | Brimstone Fortress panorama | |
 The old chapel at Brimstone Fortress
[17°20'45.98"N 62°50'5.47"W (facing W)] | | Brimstone Fortress chapel | |
 The outside walkway along the Artillery Officer's quarters at Brimstone Fortress on St. Kitts
[17°20'47.05"N 62°50'6.68"W (facing NW)] | | Brimstone Fortress Officer's quarters | |
 Looking up at the fortifications of Brimstone Fortress from the artillery officers quarters further down the hill.
[17°20'48.12"N 62°50'7.3"W (facing NW)] | | Brimstone Fortress walls | |
 Gecko on the wall
[17°20'48.13"N 62°50'6.96"W ] | | Gecko on the wall | |
 The sailboat in the distance is dwarfed by one of the lower cannon batteris of Brimstone Fortress on St. Kitts. That battery was one of the few places that we didn't visit on that day.
[17°20'48.55"N 62°50'7.34"W (facing W)] | | Brimstone Fortress lower battery | |
 The main fort at the top of hill of Brimstone Fortress with perhaps the prettiest Caribbean flag flying proudly above it.
[17°20'50.79"N 62°50'9.25"W (facing N)] | | Brimstone Fortress main entrance | |
 The distant Dutch island of Statia seen from the top fortifications at Brimstone Fortress on St. Kitts.
[17°20'51.33"N 62°50'9.84"W (facing NW)] | | Statia seen from Brimstone Fortress | |
 The thick walls of the upper fortifications at Brimstone Fortress on St. Kitts were designed so that all approaches could be covered and that there were no blind spots.
[17°20'51.81"N 62°50'9.64"W (facing E)] | | Brimstone Fortress walls | |
 The cannons on the uppermost level of Brimstone Fortress on St. Kitts covered all angles of approach, be it from land or sea.
[17°20'52.37"N 62°50'7.63"W (facing NE)] | | Brimstone Fortress upper cannons | |
 The heavy building work atop the hill needed to be supplied with materials, such as the cement made in this limestone kiln situated about halfway up the hill towards Brimstone Fortress on St. Kitts.
[17°20'56.74"N 62°50'19.18"W (facing S)] | | Limestone Kiln | |
 This old narrow-gauge railway was used to cart the sugar cane from the fields. After the industry recently collapsed (some say due to inefficiencies after the government took over production) the railway remains in use to carry tourists to and from the city.
[17°22'27.07"N 62°51'10.65"W (facing N)] | | Sugar Cane Railway | |
 Lauren, Rob and I rented this Kia so that we could independantly explore the island of St. Kitts.
[17°22'26.84"N 62°51'10.4"W ] | | St. Kitts rental | |
 Sugar cane crushing mill
[17°24'54.21"N 62°48'35"W (facing NE)] | | Sugar cane crushing mill | |
 Departing this very rolly and uncomfortable anchorage off Basseterre, the capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis. I'm heading to a better protected anchorage at White House Bay.
[17°17'3.65"N 62°42'59.03"W (facing NW)] | | Basseterre on St. Kitts | |
