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Discovering St Kitts & Nevis

Many moons ago, I set a goal of visiting all Caribbean islands during my lifetime. So most of my holidays were taken to these Jewels, and I also lived on two (Bahamas and Grenada). Earlier this year, I had planned my 2004 holiday (mi is very previous!) and had planned to stop in St Kitts and Anguilla after the Antigua test match. But as luck would have it, Sir Alex moved here in October and I was allowed a stop over on this ticket, so decided to stop on my way back to Jamaica from Trinidad.

I wanted to cuss Sir Alex after seeing St Kitts on my first day, Thursday 20 November. "Why you never tell me to stay longer?" I asked him. Well I guess there will have to be a next time.

Because I arrived at midday Thursday, there was enough time to drive around the island and to stop at Rawlins Plantation to have tea. Here, the birds have tea with you, and if you mind sharp (a Grenadian expression) the huge lizzards would join you too. Oh, no, they fraid big people.

Later that night, it was time to visit THE restaurant in St Kitts....Marshall's. Remember him? Those of you who had tea in Le Pavillion at the Jamaica Pegasus in the early 90's would be sure to. Well, he has carried the same enthusiasm over here and this has translated into a lovely restaurant with fabulous food and nice ambience.

Set around a pool at the Horizon Villas, there are an abundance of servers, so waiting is not a possibility. I had crab as an appetizer and salmon for main course. Melt in your mouth salmon....most people over cook fish. Not Marshall, who by the way, is the chef. I said to him "Marshall, I never knew you could cook". He said "Neither did I", then he explained to me the problems he had getting good chefs, even those who came from abroad didn't work out. So, if you can't find anybody to do it like how you want it, then do it yourself. So he did.

At one moment, I was left alone at the table while he went to attend to a guest, and I sat there thinking how fortunate I am to be able to have these experiences.

Read more about these experiences in the posts below and in a few days, I will post pictures. Ok? Ok.

Posted by yamfoot at November 22, 2003 04:28 PM