We were up early once again this morning and out onto the balcony for a look round. Today we were docked in the port of Basseterre, capital of St. Kitts & Nevis. We’d been here once before, in 2012; we therefore decided, like yesterday, to pass the time at our own pace instead of going…
When we woke up this morning, the Braemar was just about anchored at Porto Novo, Santo Antão, one of the islands that make up the archipelago of Cape Verde. The wind was strong and the water looked very choppy. We’d got up early as we were due to go on a half-day excursion this morning…
We woke up very early this morning; around 5.00am in fact. We had already noticed that the sun rose much earlier south of the Equator than it does in the North (even in the tropics) at this time of year. Of course, the reverse would be true if this were July instead of January. From…
Got up early this morning in a new port of call that we hadn’t visited before, that of Basseterre, capital of St Kitts. From our balcony we looked out to see an island that appeared hilly, with lots of green and lush trees and vegetation. Today we were going to explore some of the rainforest…
