This is a strange island for me for a number of reasons. Despite it's beauty, there remains some controversy involving a veterinary school that I won't go into at the moment, thank you, but may be worth your while to research before heading here. It also has the creepy former-slaves-were-here feeling all around that I couldn't shake, no matter how much I tried. Naturally, the people here are dependent on tourism, so it's a Catch-22 situation. Since it's a mere two minute plane ride from neighboring Nevis, you may want to come just to check out some of the artwork that you'll find. But I just wish the whole slavery part of the world's past didn't exist. We'd all be much better off. That said, I tasted my freshest mangoe here, had some 'real' conversations with local people and tried not to be yet another 'Ugly American.' After all, wherever we go, let's be Ambassadors of Kindness and Good Intentions. (And tipping doesn't hurt, either.)