Monkey Hill Hike

On Mondays a group of VIPs get together and hike somewhere around the island. I decided to join them this past Monday on the Monkey Hill Hike. Apparently is is named for the Green Vervet Monkeys that have been seen there, we did not see any on our trip. There were a ton of cows though... and I do not like cows.

We met at school at about 8am and headed over to the hill, which is over 1000 ft tall... a big hill. we had to walk through a town, I believe it's called Belle Vue, to get to the main trail head. We hiked past a field full of cows, and a big house with some very loud dogs. There are supposed to be ruins of one of the old Great Houses, but I didn't see anything this time. The hike up was relatively easy, but it was very humid. I didn't have a scrap of dry clothing to wipe my sweaty brow with. I had a sheen of sweat covering my entire body. So gross.

View of Basseterre and the Southeast Peninsula. The Atlantic Ocean is on the left and the Caribbean Sea is on the right.

Once at the top we had amazing views of Bassterre, Port Zante, the airport, and the Southeast Peninsula (with the Atlantic Ocean on the left, and the Caribbean Sea on the right). It was beautiful! Check out all the photos here.  I was kind of a nerd and made it Lost themed (the show Lost).

Oh, two more thing, unrelated to hiking. Rob passed his first exam! Hooray! Tuesday nights are trivia here on St. Kitts. Last night our team, Ting Country, won first place!!! Yay!