Nevis

Shelter and coffee companions.

Houses painted in bright Caribbean colors on the coast next to Pinney's Beach.

Jon warming up with coffee after walking around town in pouring rain.

Nevis is a beautiful island with old plantations, and has one of the prettiest beaches in this part of the Caribbean - Pinney's Beach. We hoped to explore more of the island, but it rained and rained! At one point we put on our bathing suits and scrubbed the deck of our boat. At the same time we collected 4 buckets of rainwater. Enough to do our laundry!

We decided that we needed to at least walk around the main town even if it was raining too much to see much of the island. We came across a grocery store that had a cool little bakery in the corner run by an English woman. We bought bread there, ate some lunch and then continued on our walk.

We were soaked completely through when we found a little cafe in a flooded courtyard. We were thankful that they were open and would make us some coffee. We drank several cups and hung around with a wet rooster and some hens until the rain stopped.

The anchorage was becoming more and more rolly so we decided we would sail on to the next island....Montserrat. The volcano was quiet for now, so we decided to go for it!