Saint Kitts And Nevis
Saint Kitts was home to the first British and French colonies in the Caribbean, and has also been titled "The Mother Colony of the West Indies". When my friend Christofer and I approached the capital Basseterre on a cruise ship I thought the island had a feeling of Scotland to it, watching it from a distance. The mountains made it look like a greener and sunnier version of the northern parts of Great Britain, and English is even the official language still. The country consists of two volcanic islands that are separated by a three kilometer strait called The Narrows. It's supposed to be the land of beautiful waters, but the first thing we noticed was that the sea didn't look as appealing as it had been on the previous islands we had visited in the Caribbean. So we decided to walk a short distance to a luxurious pool area instead, called Palms Court Gardens. On our way we saw some pelicans and some skinny birds with long legs we had never seen before, so we decided ...