đ°đł Today's country is St. Kitts & Nevis. The Western Hemisphereâs smallest sovereign state is split between two islands. Basseterre smells of frying saltfish and diesel from the ferry dock before the day heats up. On St Kitts the road keeps circling old cane land, past stone churches, rum shops, and sudden views where the Atlantic and Caribbean sit on opposite sides of the same ridge. Then you hop to Nevis and the pace drops another notch; by dusk on Pinney's Beach, people are still talkingâŚ