The Wandering Scot

An occasional travel journal.

St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021

  Fort Duvernette   Fort Charlotte   La Soufrière   Kingstown   
Basseterre
  Nevis   Brimstone Hill   
Miami South Beach

St Vincent: Fort Duvernette

British Fort Duvernette, St Vincent: Fort Duvernette, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
British Fort Duvernette
A small fort on an impressively steep crag, St Vincent: Fort Duvernette, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
A small fort on an impressively steep crag
Fortunately nowadays there are steps., St Vincent: Fort Duvernette, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Fortunately nowadays there are steps.
View from Fort Duvernette, St Vincent: Fort Duvernette, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
View from Fort Duvernette
View from Fort Duvernette, St Vincent: Fort Duvernette, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
View from Fort Duvernette
My taxi returns, St Vincent: Fort Duvernette, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
My taxi returns

St Vincent: Fort Charlotte

Fort Charlotte (1806), St Vincent: Fort Charlotte, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Fort Charlotte (1806)
Fort interior, St Vincent: Fort Charlotte, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Fort interior
Guns, facing into interior, St Vincent: Fort Charlotte, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Guns, facing into interior
Outside view of embrasures, St Vincent: Fort Charlotte, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Outside view of embrasures
Black Caribs fighting the British, 1795, St Vincent: Fort Charlotte, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Black Caribs fighting the British, 1795
British sending Black Caribs to exile in 1797, St Vincent: Fort Charlotte, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
British sending Black Caribs to exile in 1797
View to Kingstown + Cruise Ship, St Vincent: Fort Charlotte, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
View to Kingstown + Cruise Ship
Kingstown + Giant Cruise Ship, St Vincent: Fort Charlotte, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Kingstown + Giant Cruise Ship

St Vincent: La Soufrière

Trail is officially closed, but no-one seemed to care., St Vincent: La Soufrière, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Trail is officially closed, but no-one seemed to care.
La Soufrière, St Vincent: La Soufrière, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
La Soufrière
La Soufrière inner crater: Typical view, St Vincent: La Soufrière, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
La Soufrière inner crater: Typical view
La Soufrière inner crater: A clear moment, St Vincent: La Soufrière, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
La Soufrière inner crater: A clear moment
Crater Lake within wider Caldera, St Vincent: La Soufrière, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Crater Lake within wider Caldera
Caldera Rim: Great spot for some wedding photos!, St Vincent: La Soufrière, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Caldera Rim: Great spot for some wedding photos!
Graham on Caldera Rim, St Vincent: La Soufrière, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Graham on Caldera Rim
My guide, Fred Stays, of Stays Taxis., St Vincent: La Soufrière, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
My guide, Fred Stays, of Stays Taxis.

St Vincent: Kingstown

Catholic St Mary’s Cathedral, St Vincent: Kingstown, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Catholic St Mary’s Cathedral
Anglican Church, St Vincent: Kingstown, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Anglican Church
WWI Memorial, St Vincent: Kingstown, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
WWI Memorial
"Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court", St Vincent: Kingstown, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
"Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court"
Old Carnegie Library, St Vincent: Kingstown, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Old Carnegie Library
Joseph Chatoyer, National Hero, at airport, St Vincent: Kingstown, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Joseph Chatoyer, National Hero, at airport

St Kitts: Basseterre

Independence square, with colorful fountain, St Kitts: Basseterre, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Independence square, with colorful fountain
Catholic Co-Cathedral, St Kitts: Basseterre, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Catholic Co-Cathedral
Queen Victoria Monument, St Kitts: Basseterre, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Queen Victoria Monument
Queen Victoria Monument closeup, St Kitts: Basseterre, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Queen Victoria Monument closeup
National Museum (closed), St Kitts: Basseterre, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
National Museum (closed)
View to Berkeley Memorial, St Kitts: Basseterre, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
View to Berkeley Memorial
Berkeley Memorial, St Kitts: Basseterre, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Berkeley Memorial
Government Headquarters, St Kitts: Basseterre, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Government Headquarters
St George's Anglican Co-Cathedral, St Kitts: Basseterre, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
St George's Anglican Co-Cathedral
Government House, St Kitts: Basseterre, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Government House
Government House, St Kitts: Basseterre, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Government House
WWI War Memorial, St Kitts: Basseterre, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
WWI War Memorial
Basseterre, from Nevis ferry., St Kitts: Basseterre, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Basseterre, from Nevis ferry.

St Kitts & Nevis: Nevis

Nevis: "Birthplace of Alexander Hamilton"

Site where Alexander Hamilton was born, Nevis:
Site where Alexander Hamilton was born

Nevis: Fort Charles

Fort Charles, c 1628, Nevis: Fort Charles, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Fort Charles, c 1628

St Kitts: Brimstone Hill Fortress

A giant multi-level fortress. "The Gibraltar of the Caribbean". From ~1780.
A mid-level view Prince of Wales bastion (left), Fort George (u, St Kitts: Brimstone Hill Fortress, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
A mid-level view
Prince of Wales bastion (left), Fort George (upper right)
View from Prince of Wales Bastion to Fort George, St Kitts: Brimstone Hill Fortress, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
View from Prince of Wales Bastion to Fort George
Prince of Wales Bastion, from Fort george, St Kitts: Brimstone Hill Fortress, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Prince of Wales Bastion, from Fort george
Fort George (Citadel), St Kitts: Brimstone Hill Fortress, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Fort George (Citadel)
Bastion of Fort George, St Kitts: Brimstone Hill Fortress, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Bastion of Fort George
Interior of Fort George, St Kitts: Brimstone Hill Fortress, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Interior of Fort George
View from Fort George, St Kitts: Brimstone Hill Fortress, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
View from Fort George
Multi-layered defences, St Kitts: Brimstone Hill Fortress, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
Multi-layered defences

Miami South Beach: Art Deco

The "Betsy Orb" (2016) A connector between two buildi, Miami South Beach: Art Deco, St Vincent + St Kitts, December 2021
The "Betsy Orb" (2016)
A connector between two buildings.