Approaching St. Kitts island in the Caribbean.

We took a tour of the island with Kenny. Here we stopped to see baby monkeys.

18th century sugar mill still standing in St. Kitts, part of Wingfield estates, once home to Sam Jefferson, the great-great grandfather of Thomas Jefferson.

18th century sugar mill on St. Kitts. Old 17th century rum distillery recently discovered here.

St. Kitts 18th century sugar mill. In 1625, first established to produce tobacco. Switched to sugar cane after a devastating hurricane in the mid 17th century.

Our hike through the rain forest along Wingfield river.

The Wingfield River has 4 dams built across itself: 3 of them are not used except to control the flow of water down the river. This was near one of the dams.

A tree in the rain forest in St. Kitts.

A look down the Wingfield river.

One of the very old trees in the rain forest, all with many hanging vines.

One of the dams along with river with small waterfalls.

Our tour guide going before us down the trail.

Huge plants along the river in the rain forest.

Walking back the trail from the rain forest.

Another look at the sugar mill at Wingfield.

Beautiful products at the batik house.

Caribelle Batik produced its first batik in 1974

The great house was renamed Romney Manor following its acquisition in the early 17th century by the Earl of Romney. The saman tree is 350 years old, 24 ft in diameter and covering ½ an acre.

Look out to the ocean from the tree on Romney Manor.

Large banana tree on Romney Manor grounds.

Part of Romney Manor in St. Kitts.