Day 8

Day 8
May 20, 2012

 Today was great! We woke up kinda early and ate a light breakfast then went for a swim. Then we headed to Pinney's beach to jetski! It was so much fun! Jake didn't really like it quite as much because he'd never really been on one and he didn't like the deep water. But I loved it! Then we went to Yachtsman for lunch(again) and then went over to check out the 4x4 rentals. While I was walking across the street it went from sunshine to torrential downpour in a matter of seconds. Luckily Jake saw me cross the street and drove over to rescue me. It stopped as soon as it started and was sunny the rest of the day. 

We went back to the bungalow and swam and I finished another book(my 3rd this trip) and then called around to find something open for dinner. The whole town pretty much shuts down on sundays. we found " pizza on the beach", so we headed there. The instructions took us down what looked like a deserted road but eventually we came to a really cute pizza place. We ordered to go and explored the restaurant a little. We were pretty much the only ones there.
We ate our pizza and watched Pirates of the Caribbean. It felt like a very caribbean experience!

Day 7

Day 7
May 19, 2012
I can't believe it's already been a week! It all went by so fast!
Yesterday jake and I got up and had breakfast a little earlier than normal. I read and he played games on his phone then we went swimming for a really long time. We're kind of like little kids when it comes to the pool. We swim around like dorks with our snorkel masks on and race and see who can do the coolest underwater aerobics.
 

After that we headed to Lime and I had my first lobster! It was yummy but not my favorite. Definitely very buttery and garlicy! Jake got ribs again... which was a bad choice. Last time they made him sick and they did again this time. I don't think he's used to that much ginger. It definitely made me queezy when I ate it. Plus I don't really like ginger.
Then we went shopping for a while and looked for more shops. We bought some aloe vera because I got another sunburn and came home.
For dinner, we went to Coconut Grove and both had beef bourgongion and fettuccine. It was delicious! Then they brought us desert and wrote on it happy honeymoon. It was really nice of them!
We went to bed around 10 pm but I woke up in the night and found another cockroach in the kitchen. Because I was half awake it managed to escape and crawl into a little hole. Oops. I'm guessing we'll find it in a shoe this morning.

day 6

Day 6
Today we woke up moderately early and had a light breakfast of fruit and yogurt. Then we headed to the pool for a while so the cleaning lady could clean the house. After that we headed out to town to go get some lunch. We ate at Yachtsmans which was delicious! Definitely the best bargain in town. Then we headed around for some shopping and found a pretty big store. It was a lot like safeway and had a ton of stuff from the states. It's kind of funny that most of the stuff we eat here is actually from the states. Even a lot of the fruit.
After that we headed home and went snorkeling. While we were putting on our gear an older guy from Scotland came and talked to us for a bit. He and his wife are staying here with their niece on the other side of the island. He told us a little bit about Scotland and compared here to there. We told him about Washington(he's been to New York and New Jersey). Then he went on his merry way and we went on ours. The water was still a little murky but we did see a pretty cool starfish. Jake and I ventured out a little further than usual. We didn't see any sharks, so I'm guessing tomorrow we'll be even more brave. We actually saw someone super far out snorkeling and they told us that there hadn't been any attacks on this side of the island since they can remember, but we're still cautious.

After that we came back to the bungalow and went swimming in our pool for a while. Then we BBQ'd some chicken and I read a book while Jake played angry birds space.. which he discovered on my phone so he downloaded it and now is obsessed with it. We're both getting a tiny bit homesick. Mostly just at night when it's so hot we can barely sleep. The rest of the time we don't really ever want to leave here!

Day 4

Day 4
May 17th, 2012
Today we woke up at a reasonable time and headed out with our snorkeling gear to explore the island. Instead of going left like we usually do, we headed right. our first stop was Herbert's Beach, which was supposed to be great for snorkeling. The waves were too high and there was no one else around, so we headed back. Our next stop was supposed to be another beach, but we ended up in the parking lot of a small college. We headed out again and passed "Coconut Walk Sugar Mill", so we drove in and discovered an awesome old sugar distillary. We walked a little further and found some old ruins covered in vines that looked like they could be from Greece. The road to the distillary looked like it headed further toward the beach, so we took it. We ended up next to a contruction site, but we carried on. When we came to a clearing, we could see the beach and something in the distance, but we couldn't figure out what it was. We first thought deer or goats, but eventually we discovered they were wild donkeys! It was so beautiful, with the wild donkeys running around on the beach by the ruins. I got so many pictures! Then we found some kind of old mill with steps that led way up so I climbed those and took some pictures. We kept driving and almost drove to a little rocky beach, but decided it was as far as our little "jeep"(a suzuki) would take us. We made a loop and found some more donkeys, then headed back to the road. We passed through a smaller town on the other side of the island and found a fairly good size store called "best buy". No, it didn't sell electronics.. We decided to loop back around later and do some shopping. We continued on to Charlestown. The whole island was so beautiful. We took so many pictures!

When we reached Charlestown, we parked at a little store and walked to "Gallows Bay" because it was supposed to be great for snorkeling. It looked really pretty, but we decided not to snorkel so we headed back into town. We found a Chinese restaurant and decided to try it out. When we got inside we found Katherine, the manager of the bungalows. We talked to her while we ate our chinese food. She told us all about Mt Nevis and about how long she'd been here on the island. She's lived here about 13 years. Right in the begining I caught her say "ewt" instead of "out", so I asked her if she was canadian. She said she was from the area above Lake Superior, but that she has dual citizenship. She travels back to visit about once a year. 
After we ate lunch we went nextdoor for some home made ice cream. it was delicious! then we headed back the other around the island to "best buy" to finish up our trip and head back home. it started raining like crazy while we were shopping, but by the time we were done it had stopped. By the time we got home we were both drenched in sweat so we headed to Oualie Bay for some snorkeling. We only snorkeled for a little while because the water was too cloudy. 
For dinner, we went to a little restaurant called "Lime" which mean to hang out to relax in Island lingo. It was delicious! Jake had their special rum drink called "Green Flash". We both had baby back ribs, rice and some fries. The owner was really nice! 

After that we headed back to the bungalow. It started to rain while we were driving, which we didn't think much of. Apparently we should've, because around midnight it started pouring down and got super windy. We ran around trying to close all the shutters. Jake managed to almost squish a gecko.He said he heard it say "I'll save you money on car...OOWWW" as he almost squished it. I don't believe him. It stormed all through the rest of the night and we woke up to a huuuuge puddle under the bed. Horray! 

day 5

Day 5
May 17th, 2012
We woke up to puddles! Especially a huge one under the bed. I cleaned them up and set a little fan up to try to dry it out. Nothing dries out. The days before, everything would dry out in a matter of minutes. Now, it's so humid that it takes all day for a damp towel to get less damp. It's kind of a bummer!

We had some breakfast and went right to the pool. We swam for about 2 hours and then tanned for a while then swam again. We started to get hungry, so we decided to go to a little Bistro down the road. The bistro ended up being closed, but down the same road was a beautiful church called Cottle Church. I guess Cottle built it because he was such a great guy, he wanted his slaves to have a church too. What an awesome guy to give them a place to worship between beating and raping them and forcing them to work with no pay. Somehow it just made the place seem less beautiful.

We drove towards Charlestown looking for somewhere to eat. Most places were closed because apparently 4:30 is too late for lunch.. c'mon we're on vacation! So we finally settled for a Chinese place (even though we'd had chinese he day before) which was really good and left us both happy! then we headed to the market to look for a few things- including a floaty for the pool. No luck there, and we didn't feel like driving around anymore, so we went back to the bungalow and went swimming again. After we swam for about an hour we went on to the deck and both of us fell asleep. By the time we woke up it was almost dark, so we decided to heat up some leftover ribs from the night before and have a little dinner snack. After dinner we gave ourselfs manicures and pedicures(Jake basically just cut his nails) and then I read my book and Jake tried to work on the computer which is giving us some problems.. i think it's the humidity.
We went to bed around 11pm and woke up to some clicking noises.. I'm convinced it was a cockroach, but Jake couldn't find anything. I still have a hard time sleeping whenever I hear anything like that.

Driving to Charlestown

We had some breakfast and went right to the pool. We swam for about 2 hours and then tanned for a while then swam again. We started to get hungry, so we decided to go to a little Bistro down the road. The bistro ended up being closed, but down the same road was a beautiful church called Cuttle Church. I guess Cuttle built it because he was such a great guy, he wanted his slaves to have a church too. What an awesome guy to give them a place to worship between beating and raping them and forcing them to work with no pay. Somehow it just made the place seem less beautiful.
We drove towards Charlestown looking for somewhere to eat. Most places were closed because apparently 4:30 is too late for lunch.. c'mon we're on vacation! So we finally settled for a Chinese place (even though we'd had chinese he day before) which was really good and left us both happy! then we headed to the market to look for a few things- including a floaty for the pool. No luck there, and we didn't feel like driving around anymore, so we went back to the bungalow and went swimming again. After we swam for about an hour we went on to the deck and both of us fell asleep. By the time we woke up it was almost dark, so we decided to heat up some leftover ribs from the night before and have a little dinner snack. After dinner we gave ourselfs manicures and pedicures(Jake basically just cut his nails) and then I read my book and Jake tried to work on the computer which is giving us some problems.. i think it's the humidity.
We went to bed around 11pm and woke up to some clicking noises.. I'm convinced it was a cockroach, but Jake couldn't find anything. I still have a hard time sleeping whenever I hear anything like that.

Day 3

Day 3
May 16, 2012
Not much to report today- we did a lot of sleeping and sitting around. Jake didn't wake up until about 11am. I'm gonna see if I can wake him up earlier so we can go snorkeling before it gets too hot!Yesterday we saw a HUGE lizard. His name is Rango. Also, I got a great video of a pelican diving by the cliffs! I read a book for a while and Jake slept in the hammock. 

 last night we bbq'd chicken here and then headed out to Mango for dessert. There was a weird ship sitting on the water in front of the restaurant with a really bright light.. it was a little weird. The owner said it was nothing to worry about, but one of the other tourists mentioned pirates.. which made everyone uneasy. it ended up being just someone fishing. There aren't supposed to be any pirates here because the waters are heavily patrolled by the US and the islands are too close together. we'll see I guess!

 Looking at St. Kitts

Breakfast time! 

The view from our Bedroom

 After dessert we came back and while Jake was playing on the computer and I was reading a book, a ghecko ran along the wall. I was terrified(their skin is a little poisonous) but it ended up crawling into a crack and we haven't seen it since. no more exciting animals after that though. 

Day 2

Day 2
May14th, 2012

after my 5th attempt to wake Jake up, I finally fell back asleep until around 8am.  I then tried to wake him up again. I headed to the pool and he promised he was following me down... so I swam for about an hour when he finally made an appearance. We swam some more then headed to town to find a shop. We went to Charlestown and bought some yogurt, fruit, chicken, bacon, beans and rice, pita bread, eggs, cheese, and more water. the prices here are about the same as in the states, which is pretty nice.

We ate a light breakfast of grapes and yogurt and headed down to the water to go snorkeling. on our way down we noticed some holes in the ground about 2 inches in diameter. I thought they were tarantula hole and Jake thought they were salamander holes. We avoided them but didn't think much of them. We took the underwater camera so we have some really amazing shots! We saw a few fish and some cool plants, but nothing too amazing. Jake was hungry again, so we headed back to the bungalow to eat lunch. We had bacon and eggs in a pita pocket. It was delicious! after that we headed back to the pool and swam some more, then sunbathed for a few minutes. Jake noticed a little bit of a burn on my back, and by the time we got to the house I was beet red except for my tan lines! my sunscreen mustve come off while we were snorkeling or I just didn't have enough on. Jake is a tiny bit burnt but nothing like I was. Alaynna gave me some special lotion with aloe vera in it, so I've been using that and it really helps. We keep it in the fridge so it stays really cold and it feels great when you put it on! the burn is almost all a tan now! but we've decided that today is going to be an inside day to give my back some more time to heal. 

After putting sunscreen on, we came inside and started working on getting the WiFi working(obviously sucessful!) and then layed around and napped some more. We looked at the restaurant in Nevis and decided on one called "Mango". It's part of the Four Seasons Resort here on the island, so we figured it'd be pretty fancy. On our way into town Jake saw a HUGE crab crawl into one of the holes. We stopped the car and saw that the entire jungle area right before the water was completely packed with the giant crabs! That explained the holes. We headed back to the store to buy a few things then headed to the restaurant. It was so beautiful! we were on a dock lined with huge rocks that went right out to the water. We watched the most beautiful sunset go down while eating the most amazing food I've ever had. Jake had ribs, coleslaw(I ate it of course), and sweet potato fries. I had a mango pineapple burger and fries. It seems american, but it was amazingly caribbean. I wish we had food like that in the states! afterwards we had a dessert of a chcocolate mango cake. It was SO good! the owner of the resteraunt came and talked to us for a while. He was really nice! after that we headed back to the bungalow and watched the new Game of Thrones(a perk to having internet!). Jake kept complaining about his shoes smelling bad, so I went to go wash them in the sink. the second I turned the water on the biggest cockroach I've ever seen in my life climbed out of them. I ran away screaming. Jake thought a monkey was in the bathroom. I told him how big it was and he didn't believe me, but when he saw it for himself he could barely believe it! It was at least 2 inches long. it took him a while, but he eventually squished it and made me clean it up. I put paper towels on it and carried it outside with big wooden spoons, where it probably still is unless a bird ate it. At about 11pm we went to bed. I woke up around 5:30 again but fell back asleep until about 9:15, but now it's 10am and Jake is still sound asleep. I'm going to see if I can tempt him to get out of bed with some bacon and eggs!