14th Annual Nevis Fishing Tournament

For the 14th year in a row, boats have cruised into Oualie Beach in hopes of capturing the title of "Champion" of the Nevis Fishing Tournament. Fisherman travel from as far as St. Croix and St. Maarten just for this event. This year, the Black Fin boat, manned by local Nevisian fisherman, hauled in over 600lbs of assorted fish, including Wahoo, Tuna, King and Dolphin fish to earn the title of Champion. The Black Fin fisherman also managed to bring in a 5 1/2 foot long Reef Shark.

Submerging myself into the local culture by attending events such as this tournament is quickly becoming one of my favorite parts of living in the Caribbean.

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Oualie Beach

A few of the boats from the competition

Busy day on the docks

Wahoo and Dolphin fish

Tuna weighing in

SHARK!!

Ouch!

It wouldn't be a true Nevisian event without Carib and BBQ

Boats at Oualie from across the Bay

View of the boats at Oualie from the mountain-side

[Another] Home Sweet Home - Jones Bay

My fourth semester here on Nevis has proven to be equally as eventful as the previous, starting from the day I returned after break. As mentioned before, I moved out of the "Sweet Sunset" home in Fern Hill, and was staying at Nelson Springs with my friend Jamie for the time being. Well, a few weeks ago, my roommate and I found a new place to live. We lucked out in finding an affordable house that happens to have about 100 feet of private beach-front with a great view of St. Kitts. Have a look for yourself

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Front of house, and garage

Back of house

Sun room / screened in porch

My study spot

Porch

Another look at the porch

Looking across the back yard

Not a bad view from the porch

Private beach entrance in the back yard

A little chunk of our paradise