St. Kitts

We did a walking tour of Basseterre, St. Kitts. It was a most interesting, old city.

This is the "Circus" in the middle of Basseterre.


We thought this palm tree was really interesting. Does anyone know what kind it is? Note: Dolores identified the palm as a Wayfarers or Travelers Palm. Apparently, you can get water from it, if you are desperate enough.


This is the Co-Cathedral, the only church that we saw that wasn't padlocked and shuttered. The stained glass windows had been repaired with plain glass in many places--evidence of past hurricanes, I suppose. It is a modern church, built about 1928. There was a Catholic school next door. We could hear the children singing.


The church below is St. George Anglican Church. It was first built as a Catholic church in the late 1600's, but when the British took over the island, it became an Anglican church.


This beautiful banyan tree was on the grounds of the St. George Anglican church.