Later post today, I know: I'm not feeling very well this afternoon. My joints are achy and hypersensitive to the point that it's laborious to type. But it was an even busier weekend than usual, so I'll try to crank something out all the same.
I was on Nevis all day Saturday for the follow-up to the march the previous week. It came in the form of a video that will be aired on Nevis TV between the dates of Nov. 25 and Dec. 10. Here is the link; please check it out. My fellow PCV on Nevis and I are very proud of the result, and hope that it will serve to enlighten and encourage the people of Nevis in this time of increased incidents of domestic, and organized, violence. In fact, things are getting increasingly desperate here by the week: just last week a taxi carrying 17 tourists was held at gunpoint outside the gate to Brimstone Hill and robbed by a couple of criminals. The resulting swift action by the cruise lines culminated in about half the tourism activity during peak season, and a call for higher security measures to be taken on island. The reaction from the government was an eloquent reproach by the deputy prime minister and minister of national security (which you can see here) tying the incident to the repercussions for all of the tourism industries on island. Still, what with Carnival and Jouvert approaching, the environment is a unique and mildly unsettling mix of "Good Will Toward Men" and "Watch Your Back."
But it wasn't all work over the weekend: I got to see each of the PCVs on Nevis at one point or another: one when we took to the beach for a few hours, and the other on Saturday night at this very chic yet amiable club that was celebrating its 1st year anniversary. Here's hoping both it and I are around this time next year to celebrate lucky number 2!
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