St Kitts Guide: Port, Town, Beach, Fortress, Boat Trip.

we've arrived in Saint Kitt it's nine o'clock in the morning and it's 29 degrees and it's going to go up to 32 degrees this little island is only 68 square miles and over a quarter of it is protective St Kitts is capable of taking two more chips one each side of the jetty over there the ship docks in Zante and here is a shopping area which is the only place where you don't pay VAT on the island and from here you can get your buses and go out on your tours for the day if there are lots of ships in you may dock in the container Port but the shuttle bus will bring you here and the tourism Authority is up the end here are no public buses to take you to the beaches you have to get a taxi and that's official from the tourist office the island is bound by official prices to every Beach and every site and you can get the list for that from the tourist Authority a cheaper way to get to the beach may be a shared taxi then you compare as little as four dollars there four dollars back per person but you have to wait for the taxi to fill up don't ignore these guys sometimes they are beating the government price we came with Debbie she dropped us off at Carambola Beach Club which is just along from Friars Bay and we only paid five dollars a person which was a good deal you can start Carambola rent the chair and have a jet ski see it's really clear right by the club and that's the shack we're aiming for right down there about five minutes long is the discovery bar and you have to wash your feet before you go in you can eat lobster shrimps burgers and Sample local beers and have a rum punch I don't know [Applause] the further away from the more expensive beach club the less golden and the more volcanic the sand gets but the more fun it gets this is Shipwrecked Beach Club so that is shark steak and this is cheese and black bean nacho and this is a great Shack great rum punch if you want to come to an authentic Caribbean Shack ask the taxi driver of the Shipwreck which is just along from Friars Bay a lot of people will just stay in the Square they're shopping you can eat drink here and chat to the lovely people of Saint Kitts [Music] whereas some of the ports of purpose built when you get here this is more relaxed it's like a little village with restaurants and bars if you make for this lovely old clock in the center of town this is where you'll find the mini buses and the local taxes there's no timetable but the buses prices are quite reasonable fast care is the capital of Saint Kitts and the circus here was based on Piccadilly Circus and the clock which was based on Big Ben is a monument to Thomas Barkley if you get too hot and you probably will Independent Square offers lots of shade and it's next to the cricket pitch the fountain was built to commemorate the introduction of pipe borne water into Buster and behind it is a Catholic Church on the other side of town is an Anglican church with a bell tower and we're going to look for that now we found the church let's see if I can climb to the top if you thought the stone steps in Talon were narrow try these at the bottom there's a very narrow spiral stair and then I'm on my third flight of steep wooden steps and in this heat it's quite challenging you come up through a trap door and you end up on like it's like a corrugated iron roof but I'm assured it's quite safe to stand on and then you've got these wonderful views [Music] [Music] so here's the bell I better not ring it or they might come all come to church [Music] no we can't it's automatic ah beautiful only during communion time the section during this one inside but the other one is automatically depending on itself so you can't go out there and ring it no you can't because you would be disturbing the tone right because you have so many persons don't they depend on it so when they get it back they'll see they'll check their watch to make sure on the hour yes good job I didn't ring it [Music] [Music] tables on the beach where the fishermen clean their catch and that's why all these birds are swarming around oh if you turn left out of the port and come to the ferry terminal that's where you catch the bus I'll take you to Brimstone Fortress we've just got here for two dollars on a local bus let's go and have a look at it [Music] it's been quite a walk but I can actually see the top at last so once you get here it's ten dollars you go to the ticket office and it's ten dollars per person they seem to have an excess of Cannon barrels here they use some on the way up to prop up the fence they've got some here some museums would die to have these the first cannons were mounted on Brimstone Hill in the 1690s by the British in an effort to recapture Fort Charles from the French below it's a bit like a hike on a Norwegian Fields Cruise Etc I've just climbed all the way up here in 32 degrees very good exercise great View [Music] let's go in [Music] Brimstone Hill is the result of a volcanic eruption in which they Kiln the line and cut the rock to make the fort [Music] wow [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] forests to the Sea what is astonishing is not just the size of these cannons but the number of them they've brought to the top of this hill each room has its function there's the gum powder room and this is the bake house where they provided the bread rations for the soldiers on a daily basis if you are bringing your children here just remember there are a lot of Ledges and holes and no handrails it's a bit of a nightmare for safety for children [Music] foreign [Music] this Fortress is a fantastic example if you like fortresses behind me is sent austacious Island and it's eight square miles and then behind that is Saint Martin but it's cloudy you can't see it today [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] the one that's famous for the ship that was Shipwrecked in the hurricane and now we're gonna have some time on the beach to snorkel swim do whatever we want to for a while it's a great tour so far there are two decks very uncrowded there's clear instruction in what to do in an emergency there are lifeboats on the roof there are life jackets and we're told how to use them there's a great steel band you get three free drinks what's not to like it's been great [Music] this is the St Kitts Cruise steel band and snorkel tour [Music] everybody rocked off the ship and some guests came up to us and said it was the best tour they'd ever done [Music] foreign