Under Sail Updates On the island March 19, 2024March 19, 2024 by xwpkwimy The different places we visited Jamestown impressions Jamestown Main street Jamestown park Hotel at Main street Green on the higher altitudes On way to Longwood – these are volcanic rocks of different composition creating a weathering pattern of different colors … … called the Artist‘s Palette Longwood – Napoleon Bonaparte‘s last home His house had good views and a flower garden. The house is a museum today and exhibits some of his personal notes and other artifacts like billiard table, chess table etc And is on French soil – at least today He chose the wallpapers carefully for the different rooms Napoleon‘s death bed Interesting collection of snippets in news paper style explaining Napoleon‘s greatness His original grave – he was later exhumed and brought to Paris where his remains rest in Les Invalides On way to highest pek of island (Diana‘s Peak 818 m – not seen on this photo) Cattle farming Impressions along the road Blue dawnflower Lot – a volcanic pipe – in the background is Sandy Beach Lot‘s wife Hibiscus rosa-sinensis The Plantation House – the Governor‘s home There are 6 tortoises at the Plantation House the oldest, Jonathan, is presumably the world‘s oldest living tortoise. All of the 6 were brought from the Seychelles. Belongs to the family of Amaryllidaceae Bay of Jamestown from top of Jacob‘s ladder Zita from top of Jacob‘s ladder Top of Jacob‘s ladder Valley of Jamestown with Jamestown On top of Jacob‘s ladder – up and … … down Zita from the Fort close to the harbor Heart shaped waterfall seen from High Fort Knoll xwpkwimy