Sunday, January 1, 2012

Picadilly Circus and a Basseterre street scene

The British influence is everywhere. Our death-defying adventure for today was crossing a roundabout without sidewalks when they drive on the left.

A preschool and St. Kitts' version of a Chik-Fil-A

Overgrown railway

Not only are the tracks covered with vegetation, the rail cars are too. Look closely in the background of the second photo. Once again you can see the Emerald Princess in the background. It's always the tallest "building" on the island.

Making progress

A roadside marker, and a cricket field scoreboard.

International investments

It was very interesting to see the international investments on the island. We see this quite a bit in the Caribbean. China or Taiwan or Venezuela comes in and funds a power plant, a hospital, a school in exchange for...something. Frequently, in the case of Venezuela, it's in exchange for oil storage capability.