A few weekends back, I was given the opportunity to take a tour of the island of Nevis, guided by Lyndeta, who was born and raised in Nevis. The thing is, my roommate and I thought we were going to go pick some cherries for about an hour or two, NOT get a full island tour, tasting nearly every fruit the island has to offer. Our tour started up near the old Hamilton Estate before continuing on to several small villages in the mountain. We also stopped at a local shop to eat lunch (Goat-Water and garlic bread). After lunch we headed over to one of Lyndeta’s properties where we had locally grown peppers, passion fruit, ginnips, topped off with a quick climb up the tree-house. Before heading home, we headed back up the mountain to take a look at the 250-acres of cleared land that will be the home to the first Mango Factory on the island.
I didn’t think to take pictures of everything we encountered, but the pictures I did think to snap should give you an idea of our day…In addition to the fruit you see below, we also enjoyed sea grapes, ginnips, avocado, mangoes, bananas, and cashew cherries (and I very well may be leaving some out)...
Unripe passion fruit
Raw cocoa beans, inside the fruit
Nevisian Cherries
Papaya trees
Fresh peppers
Soursap fruit
Our cherry-picking help (Melroy) couldn't last the whole tour!
View of Mt. Nevis through some ruins at the site of the future Mango Factory
Hangin' out up-top
Clarke's Quick-Stop: Home of the best Goat-Water on the island!
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