One of the 68 Sugar Mills on St Kitts. After the train journey there were locals to entertain in the town square.
A now it is back home to Arcadia!
Arcadia sails out of St Kitts - next port St Lucia. Spot the Christmas Tree on the mast.
A penny for your thoughts - taken from the deck above The Orchid Restaurant by the funnel.
Arcadia pulls away from the quayside.
The goes down on another day...........
A chair with your name on it!..........
Three blasts on the ship's horn and we are away!
Looking across the Neptune pool from deck 10.
The tinted windows - The Orchid Bar.
Arcadia is about to sail.Good Day Everyone,
The weather continues to hold up beautifully here in the Caribbean and our passengers as getting darker by the day - enjoying all this sunshine. After signing off on the Bridge for Departure I went for a walk on the open decks - and I took a few shots of the sunset for you to enjoy.
St Kitts has volcanic peaks with lush green forests and endless sugarcane fields. The capital is Basseterre and a must see is the Brimstone Hill Fortress, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Foundation and one of the most impressive fortresses in the Caribbean. Designed by the British and build by the slaves, the Fortresses is testimony to European colonial expansion, the African slave trade and the emergence of new societies in the Caribbean. My favourite excursion here is the St Kitts Railway! It was built between 1912 and 1926 to deliver sugar cane form the fields to Basseterre. This gives you a chance to experience many bridges, see the farms and villages and all the huge fields of lush cane. Each of the railway cars have an open upstairs and enclosed downstairs seating arrangements - so very comfortable. For the more active(!) you can go snorkeling at Bird Rock, go sailing or Mountain Biking - there is something for everyone.
All preparations in hand for our New year Celebrations!
All good wishes,
James.
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11 comments:
Hello James,
Only five hours left of the old year here at home. I'm really enjoying the photos you are posting as they are helping me to keep up with what Lynsey and Ian are able to do and see! Have a lovely time and a very HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!!!!!!!!!
Sue.
Hi James - love the pics, especially the sunset ones - very rotic!!! Happy New Year to you from all the Kanes - wish we were there too!!!
Blessings
Daniel
Happy New Year James to you and everyone on board from Malawi, great to catch up with you in Ireland! Blog is great....love and blessings for 2010,
Diane
Really enjoying your blog again - bringing back lovely memories of Arcadia. Oh for a day of that lovely weather in place of what we are experiencing at present - so cold, snowy and frosty. Happy New Year to you all on board.
A Guid New Year to you James, lang mae yer lum reek. So come on what happened at the bells, we want to know blow by blow, I wonder if you have a hangover ha ha...
Slainte
M.
Happy New Year James! Only six months and seventeen days now till I am back on my beloved Arcadia! Thanks for your photos and blog, it's so great to be able to follow Arcadia on her travels.
Bobbie x
Hi James
I'm feeling very envious of your lovely Caribbean sunshine as we are gripped by freezing weather here in the Derbyshire Peak District. You and I sailed together in the 80's on various Princess ships and I have enjoyed your blog since finding it only recently. Hope NYE was the usual fun on board and make the most of the warm weather!
Karen Cosic (nee Butler)
hi james,happy new year to you and everyone on arcadia,nice photos of st kitts on our last cruise with artemis we had to miss out that island due to bad weather onthe start of the cruise march 2008 s/america 6weeks,it was that bad all ships had to stay in port s/hampton,We thoughly enjoyed our cruise,anyway see you in 9 days for the world cruise.regards robert&joy
Happy new year. Lovely to see the photos of St. Kitts as we will be there in October on Ventura. First though it is Hong Kong on Arcadia, can't wait.
Sharon
Hi James and all on board arcadia,
The new year passed without a hitch here in sunny but cold Italy - too much food of course and bed at 0530 but hey, it's only once a year but from what I remember about being on board it happened most nights too!!
We really miss being on board and have been discussing setting sail once more - lets se what missions James is sent on at the start of 2010 and then perhaps we can plan an excursion!
With love and very best wishes for 2010,
From Louise and Tony. xx
Lovely to see photographs of the beautiful St Kitts - one of my favourite Caribbean islands and in my view MUCH nicer than Tortola.
I hope you all had a wonderful New Year.
Gill
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