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| British Fort Duvernette
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| A small fort on an impressively steep crag
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| Fortunately nowadays there are steps.
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| View from Fort Duvernette
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| View from Fort Duvernette
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| My taxi returns
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| Fort Charlotte (1806)
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| Fort interior
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| Guns, facing into interior
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| Outside view of embrasures
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| Black Caribs fighting the British, 1795
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| British sending Black Caribs to exile in 1797
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| View to Kingstown + Cruise Ship
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| Kingstown + Giant Cruise Ship
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| Trail is officially closed, but no-one seemed to care.
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| La Soufrière
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| La Soufrière inner crater: Typical view
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| La Soufrière inner crater: A clear moment
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| Crater Lake within wider Caldera
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| Caldera Rim: Great spot for some wedding photos!
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| Graham on Caldera Rim
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| My guide, Fred Stays, of Stays Taxis.
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| Catholic St Mary’s Cathedral
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| Anglican Church
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| WWI Memorial
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| "Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court"
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| Old Carnegie Library
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| Joseph Chatoyer, National Hero, at airport
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| Independence square, with colorful fountain
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| Catholic Co-Cathedral
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| Queen Victoria Monument
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| Queen Victoria Monument closeup
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| National Museum (closed)
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| View to Berkeley Memorial
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| Berkeley Memorial
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| Government Headquarters
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| St George's Anglican Co-Cathedral
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| Government House
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| Government House
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| WWI War Memorial
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| Basseterre, from Nevis ferry.
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| Site where Alexander Hamilton was born
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| Fort Charles, c 1628
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A giant multi-level fortress. "The Gibraltar of the Caribbean". From ~1780.
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A mid-level view Prince of Wales bastion (left), Fort George (upper right)
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| View from Prince of Wales Bastion to Fort George
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| Prince of Wales Bastion, from Fort george
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| Fort George (Citadel)
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| Bastion of Fort George
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| Interior of Fort George
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| View from Fort George
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| Multi-layered defences
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The "Betsy Orb" (2016) A connector between two buildings.
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