Kalinago, Dominica’s First people
Kim 05/15/2006, Crayfish River, Dominica Following Mrs. Green’s advice (the Principal at Dublanc Primary School), we set off to visit the recently opened Carib-model village, Kalinago Barana Aute. It’s a replica of how a Carib village would have been built 500 years ago. The Caribs originally came to Dominica from South America about 1000 years […]
Food a plenty
Kim 05/12/2006, Portsmouth, Dominica Imagine walking out into your backyard and you’re surrounded by a variety of trees growing avocados, bananas, coconuts, papaya, mangoes, limes and nutmeg. In the front yard there are a variety of exotic flowers including birds of paradise and hibiscus. From your back door you can see the rain forests growing […]
Creme de la Caribbean
Kim 05/10/2006, Iles des Saintes, Guadeloupe Bonjour! If Antigua is the curry of the islands, then Guadeloupe is the creme of the Caribbean. The largest of the Caribbean islands in both area and population, Guadeloupe stands out amongst the others not only because of its size but because it remains part of France. Many of […]
Going to the Ball
Kim 04/28/2006, English Harbour, Antigua It’s been a busy month. There’s been a lot of change in the last 4 weeks and we’re finally writing about it. The first question most people want to know is “Where are you?” We’re in the Caribbean island of Antigua where we’ve been taking part in the Annual Classic Yacht Regatta […]
Block up de road
Kim 08/20/2006, St. Georges, Grenada it’s black but you wake up to the pulsating sounds of “Block up de road” on speakers the size of fridges! Figures emerge from the dark hills drawn to the music. Approaching the road, you’re enveloped by throngs of red, black and green figures. Those that are already covered are […]
Meeting the Madame
Kim 05/04/2006, Little Bay, Montserrat In the rush to get down to Antigua from the BVI’s two weeks ago, we sailed past a number of islands. Islands such as St. Maarten, Saba, St. Bartholemew, St. Kitts and Nevis. We’ll have to visit them on the way back. But the one island that stood out to […]
Try and try again: Mona Passage
David 03/10/2006, Boqueron, Puetro Rico We’ve finally crossed the Mona Passage– on our second attempt. Ever since we arrived in the Bahamas in the back of our minds we knew our next real sail challengeafter crossing the Gulf Stream from Miami was getting across the Mona Passage. This is the 70 nautical mile (nm) stretch of water […]
Home of Kind People
Kim 03/02/2006, Mayagauna, South Eastern Bahamas When you unexpectedly come across a special place, there is something about wanting it to stay like that – special, yet somewhat untouched. That’s how I felt about Mayaguana, a quiet, peaceful Out Island in SE Bahamas. The welcome sign in Abraham’s Bay, one of the smaller communities, reads: Welcome […]
Food a plenty
David 02/28/2006, Mayagauna, South Eastern Bahamas After our friends Steve and Dawn returned to Toronto, it was time for us to look south. Time to leave Chicken Harbour, the other name for Georgetown. The reason for this nickname is that sailors become very comfortable in the secure anchorage that Georgetown offers. So when it’s time […]
On the plank at FFFFF
David 02/04/2006, Little Farmers Cay, Central Bahamas Shortly after arriving in the Bahamas we’d heard about the 5F festival on Little Farmers Cay. First Friday in February Farmers Festival. A number of people said, if you can get there, it is well worth it. We were told people come from all over the Bahamas to […]