On the wing: birdwatching in the Caribbean
Every year, from mid-December to early January, thousands of people across the Western Hemisphere get up before the crack of dawn and...
Eastern Shore: Trinidad’s dramatic east coast
From Point Galera, the furthest tip of north-east Trinidad, to Galeota Point, the last outcrop to the south-east, the island’s east coast...
Beating Namibia’s Big Daddy
After spending a week in Windhoek, capital of Namibia, we set out on the six-hour journey to Sossusvlei in a bakkie (or pickup truck),...
Vieques: playing Crusoe
“And you, sir, how much do you weigh?” The agent at the check-in counter looked up from her paperwork and gave me an assessing stare....
St. Lucia: an island made of words
. . . growths hidden in green darkness, forests of history thickening with amnesia, so that a man’s branched, naked trunk, its roots...
A river runs through it
The Martha Brae River owes its milky green waters to the limestone geology of Trelawny Parish on Jamaica’s north coast. And the best way...
Buccoo tales — explore Tobago
It’s a beautiful Tobago Saturday morning, after breakfast — ideal for a small excursion, we decide. Today’s adventure will take us to...
The other side of Haiti
Just making my way through customs and out of Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport seemed daunting enough. But nothing could...
