Stonetown

We spent the last two nights in Stonetown at a very interesting hotel. This place is definitely not wheel chair accessible as we had to climb about 4 long flights of very steep steps. Tall and narrow, the hotel sits in the middle of the town, but our room was on the absolute top of it. The architecture was very unique because it was a converted palace of a very wealthy family. Each room is unique. Ours had an outdoor yet sheltered patio where there was a sitting area and bathroom. The indoor side room was the bedroom with air-conditioning and a huge bed. Then there was an upstairs wooden deck for sitting and overlooking the city. It was a pretty cool place to stay and we definitely made the most out of it since our first full morning in Stonetown was very rainy.

In the afternoon, we ventured out to see some or the sites like the spice market, the meat and fish market, and the House of Wonders, which is a historical museum about Stonetown. The highlight was the Catholic Cathedral built on top of the old slave market. The guided tour was very interesting and provided a good sense of what conditions were like before abolishment of the slave trade there. The church was built on top of the place as a contradiction to the cruelty that occurred there in the past.