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 A liner sailing towards the island of
Barbados
.
Heading towards the port:
The liner pictured is called the
Brilliance of the Seas
.
Busses are to used to transport guests to the exit, although it can be reached in a 5 minute walk.
Locals greet the guests with... |
 After the tour we went to lunch.
But first I'll show a fire wood, called the flamboyant. This is a local symbol, locals call it shake-shake. Probably, because the seeds in the pods are so noisy if you shake it.
Lunch. Before pouring our drinks, they added ice. Knowing how icy the drinks here... |
 Sugar cane was cultivated on the
island of Nevis
previously. And the sugar industry was the base of the economy.
After the abolition of slavery, nobody wanted to work on the plantations, there were no volunteers. And the plantation buildings were converted into hotels.
Our tour guide... |
 At 10 a.m. we sailed from the island of
St. Kitts
to the
island of Nevis
. Here, we took a tour, lunch break and visited the beach. At 2.30 p.m. we went back to St. Kitts.
Clouds always hung above the mountain of the island of
Nevis
. When Columbus saw this... |
 Our liner's next stop was to the
island of St. Kitts
. There is also a second ship that comes to this island. We decided to first see the island of Nevis and to leave
St. Kitts
for next time.
The islands of St. Kitts and Nevis is a single independent state. However, they didn't... |
 We arrived at the port of
St. Kitts
. When the tour ended, we went to the beach!
A taxi to the beach cost $12.
It was good that there were clouds. After all, we were on the beach from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. . . . The hottest time of day!
There were so many shells!
We had... |
 We went to the island of St. Kitts
.
St. Kitts,
together with Nevis, forms an independent federation - the
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis
.
The national language is English, cars drive on the left side of the road and the currency is the East... |
 On this second cruise, we had a tour around the
island of St. Kitts
.
The
island
appeared clearly at about 7 a.m.
Of course, we darted out on the balcony to take photos.
And there was our boat, in a hurry to take us to the port.
We could see the familiar dock.
After... |
 On the fourth day of cruise we visited
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
. In 1916 Denmark sold the island to the US government and since then,
St. Thomas
has been under American control. The capital of St. Thomas is little town called
Charlotte Amalie
. Only about... |
 More photos from
Coco Cay
. The first set can be found here: "The Bahamas and Cococay".
Coastal thickets.
Sunbeds in the more isolated parts of the island:
Cococay Island
rocks have very sharp edges.
A restaurant on
CocoCay:
Hammocks hang from... |
 The small island of
Coco Cay
is often lost among the hundreds of other islands of the Bahamas.
Coco Cay Bahamas was bought by
The Royal Caribbean Company.
Map of the coco cay private island:
View of the Cococay cruise line private island early... |