st. kitts: an old-fashioned future in the caribbean islands

8/9/2019 St. Kitts: An Old-Fashioned Future in the Caribbean Islands

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By Ba z Dr ei si nger Pho to gr a Phy By ga r y Bo gDo n

On the irresistibly charming island Of st. Kitts, the past harmOnizes with the present, and bOth have a very impOrtant date with the future.

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prominently inSt. Kitts future.

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natural beauty, but whenthe nearby ChristopheHarbour development

is nished sometimeafter 2011, this beach is

bound to emerge as oneof the islands hot spots.

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ForTHE EssEnTials on St. Kitts, see page 77.

Opposite, clockwisefrom above: Consider

this a before picture ofthe largely untouched

southern peninsula;

the chic Beach Houserestaurant brings haute

cuisine to sandy TurtleBeach on the islands

southeast coast; GeorgeLion Rock owns the

eponymous CockleshellBay mainstay, the

Lion Rock Beach Bar.

on one small stretch oF Beach, i FounD st. Kitts Past, Present anDFuture coexisting as PeaceFully as t he sun, the sea anD the sanD.

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