Our first planned stop on our clockwise path around the Island after driving through Basseterre, was Brimstone Hill Fortress which we had seen two days earlier from the water. Unfortunately they would not let us in with Jackie who we had with us, not wanting to leave her on the boat by herself all day. We had then planned to have lunch at a restaurant on the north west coast which our cruising guide had recommended. It was no longer their. We then decided to keep heading clockwise, now in a south east direction to the St. Kitts Marriott Resort at Half Moon Bay on the windward side. It was gusting over 25 nmph that day. The Marriott was stretched about a half of a mile along the windy beach with a casino in the center and the outside was not appealing. We decided to head further south to Frigate Bay. Here we found what we had been looking for, a nice open bay front restaurant looking over the sand, and calm water as we were now back on the leeward side. After lunch we drove south back toward our boat and found Carambola Beach Club, a first class restaurant and beach, and further south the Ship Reck Beach Bar and Grill with monkeys chewing on sugar cane. Monkeys have been on St. Kitts for over 400 years. Monkeys were brought by French settlers from east Africa, as pets. Today they outnumber humans by 3:1.
We ended the day with a great dinner at the Pavilion. We had local lobster over french fries. With the French influence in the caribbean the "french fry" has a much higher status then it does in the US. Christophe Harbour's Pavilion and Sandy Bank Bay are magnificent.
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