St. Kitts was one of our favorite stops. I think it comes in at a very close second next to St. Thomas.
This day started like all the others: wake up, breakfast, get ready to get off the ship for the day. After 24 hours of antibiotics, I was feeling much better and was excited to spend the day in the sun!
A bit before we headed out an announcement was made that the gangway would be closed for about 15 minutes while another ship pulls into the dock. It happened to be a Disney Cruise ship. This ship was a bit smaller than ours but was much prettier to look at. It was fun to wave to the guests on that ship as they pulled in.
As soon as we could, we got off the ship. Right off the dock there were tons of taxis waiting to take us to various beaches. We chose a beach at the far end of the island called Cockleshell beach. We climbed into the taxi/van and were ready to go! Two other couples, one was on their honeymoon and the other just vacationing, along with a family that consisted of 4 sweet littles girls, their parents, and their grandparents joined us in the taxi and we all headed to Cockleshell beach. The family was from the Disney Cruise and the other couples were on our cruise. It was fun to compare cruises. It was about a 20 minute drive down and it was gorgeous. St. Kitts was very green and as we drove over hills, our driver would stop at the top so we could look out over the beautiful torquoise ocean. It gives me chills just thinking about it again.
We arrived at Cockleshell beach and by this point, the grandma of the sweet family was having a panic attack. She did not like the roads and the crazy drive we just took (her daughter said she was always so dramatic). We didn't think the drive was that bad. We had about 3-4 hours to play before our taxi would meet us to take us back to the ships. I immediately had to use the restroom so Andrew and I first walked up and down the beach trying to find a good place. There were a few beach bars that didn't have a restroom, a porta-potty that looked pretty suspicious, and a small restaurant that looked promising. I decided to try the restaurant, but because I wasn't a guest at the restaurant, they wanted to charge me $2 to use the restroom! I was not happy about that so I decided to try to hold it as long as I could. Well, it didn't last long and I ended up paying a couple of dollars. We learned early on in the cruise that people will try to get you to pay for everything: lounge chairs, restrooms, and even to touch their pet monkeys.
We spent a long time just hanging out in the water talking with our new friends from the taxi ride. At one point they even brought us beers. We felt bad telling them we don't drink but it was so thoughtful of them to do that for us! There were lots of little fishes swimming around our feet and every once in a while they would bite our toes. That is a weird feeling. After swimming, we walked along the beach and took some pictures. We laid out for a little while before our taxi came to pick us up.
We all got back in the same taxi, except for the grandparents. The mom said that her mom (the grandma) had such a rough time in the drive over that she was not going to come back on that taxi! We aren't sure how she got back to the ship...
The little girls started complaining that they were hungry so the mom opened up her bag and started pulling out snacks. We were commenting that moms always carrying snacks with them, and then she started tossing snacks at us! Our conversations were hilarious and the snack were yummy. That was probably our favorite cab ride ever.
The Disney ship left before ours so it was fun to watch them pull away from the dock and disappear into the sunset.
We went to a comedy show before dinner, enjoyed a fun show out in by our wait staff during dinner, then headed back to our room to watch a movie in bed. We were exhausted from our fun-filled day in St. Kitts!
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