caitlinjeanhannah: Roland (fellow field-assistnat) and I on the South East Peninsula in St. Kitts. On the left is the Atlantic Ocean and on the right is the Caribbean Sea. The two oceans have incredibly different constitutions (as you can imagine): Oftentimes the Atlantic was too rough to swim in while the Caribbean was calm, warm and hospitable. I have fond memories of this peninsula because it’s where we did most of our off-trail exploring. There was little development on this end of the island (though that’s changing) while I was there, so there were a lot of monkey residents. Almost every time we drove down the road we would see monkeys crossing, and heard tales of them drinking rainwater out of the many potholes after a heavy rain. It was sometimes sad to see the destruction of the brush to make new roads, especially right after seeing monkeys climbing in those very spots. Ohh I’ve been waiting to see your pictures! This looks unspeakably beautiful. I’m still jealous.

caitlinjeanhannah:

Roland (fellow field-assistnat) and I on the South East Peninsula in St. Kitts. On the left is the Atlantic Ocean and on the right is the Caribbean Sea. The two oceans have incredibly different constitutions (as you can imagine): Oftentimes the Atlantic was too rough to swim in while the Caribbean was calm, warm and hospitable.

I have fond memories of this peninsula because it’s where we did most of our off-trail exploring. There was little development on this end of the island (though that’s changing) while I was there, so there were a lot of monkey residents. Almost every time we drove down the road we would see monkeys crossing, and heard tales of them drinking rainwater out of the many potholes after a heavy rain. It was sometimes sad to see the destruction of the brush to make new roads, especially right after seeing monkeys climbing in those very spots.

Ohh I’ve been waiting to see your pictures! This looks unspeakably beautiful. I’m still jealous.