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Posted: Thursday 19 April, 2012 at 3:47 PM

Carriage ride now part of tourists attraction

By: Terresa McCall, SKNVibes.com

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – SOME persons may have seen the new mode of transportation being offered to tourists; but for those who have not, it is a blue and yellow bicycle-drawn carriage-like apparatus that could be found moving through Basseterre whenever a cruise ship docks at Port Zante.

     

    It is internationally known as a rickshaw and is part of a business venture being undertaken by the owner of Big Banana, Michael ‘Michael B’ Bridgewater.

     

    Recently, the entrepreneur visited the SKNVibes offices explaining that he has brought a different mode of transportation to St. Kitts which targets cruise tourists who visit the island.

     

    As it stands, cruise tourists have the option of taking a taxi having disembarked the vessel or make their way through the city on foot. Thanks to ‘Michael B’ however, they now have the option of being transported by carriage.

     

    He said this service is offered to tourists who want to travel from the ship to the city and also to those who wish to take a tour around the city while enjoying the beauty of Basseterre and appreciating a cool carriage ride.

     

    He currently owns a two-seater rickshaw, and for tourists to be transported from the vessel to the museum they would be required to pay US$10. But should two tourists take the journey together, each could split the cost.

     

    A US$30 fee is attached to the “Tour Around the City”.

     

    “The tour will begin anywhere on Port Zante and will turn east across Bank Street, then to East Independence Square Street, left onto Cayon Street, down Church Street and back to The Circus. Along the route, prominent buildings and landmarks will be pointed out to the tourists and they will be allowed to stop and take photographs and so on.”

     

    Bridgewater told this publication that this 30-minute tour would cost US$30 per person.

     

    Inspired to provide this service after recently making a trip to Miami and enjoying a ride in a rickshaw, Bridgewater expressed his intention of expanding this branch of his business through the purchase of two other such apparatuses; another two-seater and a four-seater.

     

    But that investment, he said, is dependent on the upcoming tourist season and whether or not business is what he hopes it to be.

     

    What about locals you may ask? Are these services limited only to tourists?

     

    In the words of Bridgewater, “It is not limited to tourists. Anyone who can afford will be welcomed.”

     

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