St. Kitts and Nevis

Nevis really is tiny. The capital, Charlestown, was barely the size of our neighbouring village in the UK and we saw all we wanted in a matter of minutes. The island seems to be served by non-stop ferry shuttles to St. Kitts and the sea front is the classic Caribbean vista – long bay, simple ferry jetty and sparkling blue sea. Further north, the island is wall to wall beaches, as deserted as anyone could wish and backed by nothing other than the rainforest rising up to Mount Nevis.

Charlestown, Nevis

We later sailed off the anchor to visit Majors Bay in St. Kitts. This passage between the two islands is incredibly shallow and now home to many large wrecks on the shore. The bay was carpeted with sea grass – home to conches, short-spined sea urchins and a multitude of clams. I couldn’t bring myself to kill the large conch – it kept looking at me – so instead we sailed on to the capital, Basse Terre, for a seafood supper including conch chowder.

Dawn over St. Kitts