Both for Havana’s beauty and decay, it’s very hard to restrain yourself from staring everywhere you look ~ Brin-Johnathan Butler, journalist Havana has always had a vibrant night life with unending salsa clubs (a lot of them quite shady though), street music 🎶, street dancing and performances not to mention drinking and dining. The dining …
“Prepare your minds and hearts for this revolution.” – Chronixx
"Jamaican musician Chronixx has ignited a torch in people's hearts the world over and is confidently lighting the path for an entire generation of youths to rediscover roots and culture." Born Jamar Rolando McNaughton on October 10, 1992, Chronixx was musically nurtured from an early age by his father, dancehall artist Chronicle, and grew up …
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Blue Mountain Sunset Hike – Jamaica
"All men must come to the mountain" - Jamaican Poet Where do I begin?Should I start with the 2.5 hour drive from Kingston, up to the base, Whitfield Hostel, along the meandering treacherous not so prettily paved roads and dirt tracks, where at almost every corner you see a stalled vehicle, the engine of which …
My Cuban Picture Book
This is meant to be a Picture Book as I don't think I am qualified to write on the complexity that is the Caribbean Island of Cuba, which for the most part is time frozen in the 1950's. This is the reason why it is unique. Whislt most of the rest of the world has …
Serene Serendipity
I've been driven up to Strawberry Hill in the Parish of St. Andrew, Jamaica many times but the drive to find this Garden of Eden was on a different plain literally. From the peak, the unpaved rocky road treacherously meandered down. The recent rains in Jamaica didn't help. The driver kept listening …
A Diamond in the Ocean
Diamond Rock (French: rocher du Diamant) is a 175-metre-high (574 ft) island located south of "Grande Anse du Diamant" in Martinique. The uninhabited island is about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Pointe Diamant. The island gets its name from the reflections that its sides cast at certain hours of the day, which evoke images …
Memorial de l’Anse Caffard, Martinique.
Here's the story of this place: On 8th April 1830, around non, a ship was carrying out strange manoeuvres off the coast of Diamant and around five 5 o cast anchor ⚓️ in this very place on the dangerous coast of Anse Caffard (Caffard Cove). A resident of the neighborhood, Francois Dizac, manager of …
Saved by the “Cachot”
Cachot is the French word for "dungeon" On that fateful morning in May 1902 in the North of Martinique, Mt. Pelee, meaning "bald mountain", erupted into thick dark clouds raining hot ashes and spewing deadly fumes onto the bustling town of Saint Pierre, at the time the largest town in Martinique and popularly known as …
A Taste of Dominica in 3 Days – Yes You Can!
I visited Dominica over three days and whilst I saw and did a lot I believe I barely scratched the surface of what it has to offer a nature seeker
Yes – There are still Indigenous People in Dominica
Straight from the horse's mouth. I have always heard of the "Carib Village" in Dominica 🇩🇲 therefore, naturally a visit there would have been one of the first things on my agenda on landing on this island in the Eastern Caribbean. Through winding uphill roads, the Atlantic Ocean on one side, and plantations and …
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