These are mostly from our tour of the island - we went to Shirley's Heights, which is where this was shot. It was an old British naval fort that overlooked the main harbor.
Shelly shot this - I don't know anything about plants, but I think it's a hibiscus, their national flower.
Some freshly-picked cashew fruit. The nut is the green thing on top. I ate some of the yellow bottom part - it tasted like a peanut and a pineapple had a baby.
Shelly checking out the harbor. You can't see it in this shot, but this is where they had a bunch of cannons back in the armada days.
More from Shirley's Heights. In the background you can see Nelson's Dockyard, which was the biggest shipping port on the country. This is where they would unload slaves from Africa. The slaves worked on sugar cane plantations, eventually harvesting enough sugar to make rum back in England. The rum paid for more slaves and the process went on until slavery was outlawed.
Me and Shelly at a random scenic spot.
One of the first beaches we saw, other than the one at the hotel.
Our guide took this one.
Sun = really bright.
The obligatory shot of our feet in the water.
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