When we arrived to the Carribean last year, we went from St Martin to Antigua and skipped the small island group to the west...this time around, we decided to have a look at them, beginning with Nevis. It took quite a while to do the check in with Customs, Immigration and Port Authority as two of the individuals were not available at the time of our arrival. We explored town, went to the tourism Office (staff of 8!), and then were finally successfull doing the clearance. Everybody was courteous and nice but they are a bit "penible" about formalities here...Nevis has a definite British flair with its old stone buildings and quaint squares.

This stone alley used to be the site where slaves arrived in Nevis, a "shipment" could be as high as 7,000 people! The actual island population is 12,000...