1. The Caribbean Sea - yeah, this is kind of a given, but it seriously never gets old to look outside of your window and see a gorgeous body of water. There are days when the water seriously shimmers. I can't believe I get to see it every day.
2. Seeing monkeys in the morning. This is my week to walk the dogs in the kennels on campus and as a result, I've been up super early every day this week (not to mention, I've been taking two showers a day since I get amazingly sweaty. I think my body is making up for all the time that I didn't sweat), I get to see some vervet monkeys running around campus. It's adorable. Also, the campus kittens are really cute too.
Vervet monk monk.
3. The sunsets. Man, you don't get better sunsets than down here. I can't even explain it. Sadly, every time I've seen the most gorgeous ones, I haven't had a camera with me.
4. Right after the sunsets, the moon. I don't know why, but it is so much brighter down here. I don't think we even need streetlights (yes we do) because it lights up the entire sky. It's like looking at a really dim sun.
5. The locals - people go to different places and they say, "Everyone here is so nice!" but trust me, they aren't as nice as people from St. Kitts. Yeah, we get the occasional pissy waitress (at Shiggidy Shack) but people generally love everyone else. You can tell the locals from the non-locals (students, tourists) because if you walk towards a local, they make eye contact and say, "Hello! Good morning!" (and they do say both hello and good morning for some reason). If you walk towards a non-local, they start texting on their phone, checking their watch or finding something really interesting to look at on the ground. You guys suck.
6. All of the buildings are different colors. If you saw these colors in other cities, you would think it's super ugly. But here, it just works. There is a big purple church that you pass right before you get to campus, I'm living in salmon-y colored apartments (which are actually kind of ugly though), we went to a VERY pink house on the VIDA trip (more on that later), etc. It's so fun.
Holy pink house, Batman!
7. Wilbur the pig. Wilbur lives at Reggae beach and he is famous around the entire island (granted, the island is tiny, but he's still a big deal). Google "Wilbur the pig, St Kitts" and you get SOOOO many results, but they are all him. Here's one. I'm pretty sure there is also a book about him, but I can't find it right now. Anyway, since Wilbur is so famous, they feature him in a lot of island art, like postcards, tiles, pictures, and stuff like that. I'll definitely be buying one of those before I leave.
He spends most of his time in the shade. He's 700 lbs. Deal with it.
And just to make an even number of "Loves" before I have to go, here's one more.
8. The donkeys on campus :) Donkeys are freaking adorable. I went up to some of them this morning before dog walking and pet them and 5 of them came up to me looking for attention and it was so sweet. Also, 2 of them in the pen were playing/wrestling like dogs. So cute.
Whoops! Time to go! Busy Saturday! Don't worry, I have more stories for you, friends. Just sit tight and antici....
...pate.
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