Chocolat: Trinidad’s world-class chocolate
True lovers of chocolate know that this dark delicacy is more than just a temptation — it’s elemental. While air and water keep our...
Voodoo pig
Even in my most immodest moments, I’d never claim to be brave. A mere mouse in the house can put me to flight; cockroaches make me...
About that Caribbean dream home…
Got US$25m to spare this month? No? Then US$30,000 perhaps? Dream homes in the Caribbean come in all shapes and sizes, with price tags to...
My blue Heaven: Antigua & Barbuda
Say it slow, with an island drawl: An-tee-ga. With a soft, quick start, a lazy stress on the middle, and a sweet sighing end. Don’t worry...
Welcome to Suriname
Judging from the faces and the food, you might be in Africa, Asia or Indonesia. Looking at the architecture in the capital no one would...
Bananas: food of the gods?
Originating from south-east Asia, the banana travelled to East Africa with Arab traders, landing in the Caribbean and Latin America on...
The Queen’s Park Savannah: heart of a city
If you stand in downtown Port of Spain — the hectic, pulsing business centre of Trinidad — and start walking north, you’ll get to the...
Sweet St Vincent
The Anglican church in the village of Biabou stood on the edge of the bluff, morosely looking out to sea. The Atlantic lay still and...
