St Kitts

Today was our last day on a Caribbean Island so we wanted to make the  most of it. We didn't want a beach kind of day so we hired a private taxi to take us a tour of the island. The trip took us pretty much around the coast of the whole island and gave us some wonderful views of Mount Liamuiga, the volcano in the centre of the island.

We went to Romney Manor once owned by Sam Jefferson II, the great great great grandfather of Thomas Jefferson (3rd President of U.S.A.) the great house was renamed Romney Manor following its acquisition in the early 17th century by the Earl of Romney.
Its grounds have a great history; there is strong evidence that they were originally the site on which Tegereman the Carib Indian Chief had his village.
In 1834 contrary to the instructions of the British Parliament, Lord Romney declared his slaves free men. Romney Estate therefore became the first estate in St.Kitts to emancipate their slaves.
Set in approximately 10 acres of grounds, Romney was established in the 17th century and since then has only known 6 family owners. These owners have witnessed the crushing of cane by animal power, wind power and water power. Finally however, in the 1920’s all cane processing was centralised in Basseterre.

We went onto to see the rest of island with some great characters and wildlife stopping off at a beach bar in the late afternoon.

See extras for monkey, best pub ever, a cool character, the gardens of Romney Manor and a view from our balcony on board just before we set sail from St.Kitts ---------->

Mr Bo Hingles