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3 hours ago @ Crasstalk - Let's Weekend Open Thread · 1 reply · +5 points

Me watching Alyssa Liu win gold last night: Wow that was fantastic, good for her. Also, that piercing under her top lip looks like it must have hurt!

(this is how you know you're old af btw)

1 day ago @ Crasstalk - All Downhill From Here... · 0 replies · +4 points

Will do!

There was also this vine that had small bright pink flowers, called I think Bee Bonnet or something like that?. It was everywhere. Walls, fences, etc. We had a tour guide one day who told us the vine was actually brought there from New Mexico(!) and it apparently it doesn't mind a very different climate bc it went crazy and now covers the whole island. As invasive species go I thought this was actually not a horrible outcome.

1 day ago @ Crasstalk - All Downhill From Here... · 0 replies · +7 points

Maybe! I like to think my new friends would never razz me like that.

1 day ago @ Crasstalk - All Downhill From Here... · 2 replies · +7 points

Nevisians are incredibly friendly btw. Maybe because they just don't get as many travelers (zero cruise ships for example) but everywhere we went they would start conversations with us, ask us about where we're from and how we like the island, etc.

I also found that literally every dude on Nevis is absolutely dying to tell you about his spearfishing adventures. Their eyes light up the second you ask about it. They call it "shooting" and most of them claim there are sharks everywhere in the waters around the island. Also they all swore up and down that the local fried shark is amazing. I tried to find some on a menu and couldn't. Probably have to get literally invited to the cookout for that (which honestly seems pretty doable if you're staying a while). I did ask a bartender about fried shark and he goes "ya man you gotta try di fried shark. my cousin sells it by di plate. you gotta come back in like two or tree days and he'll have it for you."

Bro I'm not coming back in two days for a plate of food but I respect the hustle. I bet that guy's fried shark is incredible. Probably missed out on some delicious shark by not planning my meals better.

1 day ago @ Crasstalk - All Downhill From Here... · 2 replies · +8 points

Yeah but look at that tree. She's a beaut.

1 day ago @ Crasstalk - All Downhill From Here... · 3 replies · +8 points

It did have a very White Lotusy vibe. You ever sitting at your table at a hotel restaurant and you start involuntarily listening to another table's conversation? Sometimes it's so hard to stop even when you want to ignore them lol. Had to listen to a table of very uppity sounding Brits talk about their kids, who are all management consultants (they wouldn't even say hi to us the entire week, which is a little odd when you're staying at a boutique hotel with only like a dozen guests lol). Started thinking I'm not cut out for this Rich Person World, but we made fast friends with the local Nevisians who were cool as hell, so it worked out.

1 day ago @ Crasstalk - All Downhill From Here... · 3 replies · +12 points

Just imagine listening to the dulcet harmonies of "Southern Cross" by Crosby, Stills and Nash while your sailboat cruises through the tranquil azure waters of St. Kitts and Nevis.

1 day ago @ Crasstalk - All Downhill From Here... · 4 replies · +7 points

At the center of the island is Mt. Nevis, a dormant (as far as we know) volcano. This is the hilly part of the Caribbean!

1 day ago @ Crasstalk - All Downhill From Here... · 10 replies · +10 points

We booked a cottage at a hotel called the Golden Rock but they upgraded us to The Sugar Mill. We stayed in an old stone sugar mill covered in vines.

1 day ago @ Crasstalk - All Downhill From Here... · 15 replies · +9 points

A ficus (figtree) outside the Montpelier Hotel, which is where Princess Di stayed when she visited her shortly before her death. Very cool place. We didn't stay there but did have lunch on the veranda. Hotel is on a slope overlooking the Atlantic and Caribbean. You can see the islands of Montserrat, Antigua and St. Kitts from various spots on the island.

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