Notes from
the bar

Reopening at Cockleshell Bay on Saturday, October 24, 2026, after nearly two decades on South Friars Bay, St. Kitts.

Where to get in, what you'll actually see, and the one patch to leave alone at low tide. Everything we tell people who ask at the bar.

How a generator, a borrowed sound system and one stubborn idea turned into the longest-running beach session on the island.

A short defence of Caribbean rum over anything that arrived in a container, and what to order if you've never had it neat.

Hawksbills and greens turn up at the southern end most mornings. How to watch them without bothering them.

You've got about six hours off the ship. Here's how to spend them without spending the whole time in a taxi.