After visiting St. George and Hamilton, we decided to travel to a place we had not been to previously. We stopped in the visitor center at the Dockyard and asked a pleasant young man where we could stop to see a little of the islands. Since we purchased two day bus passes we thought a bus ride would also be a good start to the day.
After giving the question some thought, the fellow suggested Somerset Village, which was only about a ten minute, 4.5 kilometer, bus ride away. Somerset is a small, unincorporated village in Sandy’s Parish with a population of about 1,000. My first photo is a splash of color.
The main street, where we exited the bus, had a few businesses; there was a pharmacy, a hair salon (Vanity Hair & Spa),
a branch of the English Sports Shop (a local clothing store),
a gym and fitness spa,
a liquor store and certainly last but not least (I don’t intend my list to be all inclusive by the way) a restaurant, the County Squire, where we sat in the shade of an umbrella and had a cold drink.
We strolled (as we usually do) around the village and I took a few shots of the area; it was a quiet, sleepy little place. We enjoyed seeing Somerset Village and it’s colorfully painted homes and businesses. We walked up a street to see some of the houses and here are a few shots of the area.
As I stood in the middle of that little street, I took this photo of the bay with boats at anchor waiting to be taken to sea.
Here are a few additional photos of Somerset Village, taken as we walked down the main street looking for the post office (as you may appreciate, I had to mail a postcard).
As we made our way, we came upon Mangrove Bay Park where I stopped to take a couple of shots.
A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal salt or brackish water. I took this shot of one of the trees in the park with what appears to be some sort of “fruit” or seed pod.
Then, after a brief stop at the post office, we were on the way back to the Dockyard. As we walked from the bus stop to the ship, I stopped to take these three photos along the way.
And, before we knew it, we were back on the Anthem preparing to cast off for our return to Bayonne.
Travels with Cappy 