Worth Every Mile
By: Hannah Willey In 2013, my family and I traveled to Saint Kitts and Nevis . This is an island country in the West Indies and is the smallest state in the Western Hemisphere. This island is just twenty-three miles long and five miles wide. While their official language is English, most locals speak Saint Kitts Creole. There are multiple ethnic groups in Saint Kitts including African, European, and Indian. St. Kitts has one of the longest written histories in the Caribbean making this destination extremely educational. While exploring, we learned that Christopher Columbus was the first to land on the island. We also learned about their economy and the production of sugarcane. St. Kitts no longer relies on sugarcane as it replaced sugar with tourism. My family also visited Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park. This fortress was located on a limestone hilltop and was approximately eight-hundred feet about sea level. My family had a unique opportunity of be...