Archive for June 2013

ISLANDS IN THE SUN If you’re going to the Caribbean, then you need to get straight into the mood – just as I did! Arriving into St Kitts in the early evening, (or midnight my time) we headed out for dinner on “The Strip”, to a Caribbean beach bar called – the “Shiggidy Shack” with…

ST LUCIA SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL This was my first trip to the Caribbean and I was lucky to be visiting the island of St Lucia. This exotic, lush island has much to offer…secluded beaches, magnificent rainforests, colourful fishing villages and a friendly population. I flew with BWIA West Indies Airways on a non-stop flight from Heathrow.…

VISIT CUBA SO NEAR AND YET SO FOREIGN An invitation to Cuba! OK it was work, but I was excited and I quickly researched what could be in store for me when I visited with lively and fun Virgin Holidays. Cuba is the biggest of the Caribbean islands. It has an interesting heritage, years of…

BARBADOS JUST BEYOND YOUR IMAGINATION How very privileged to be invited once again by my daughter Charmaine and her husband John to join their family on their summer Caribbean holiday to Barbados. We stepped out excitedly from the plane onto Barbados soil, feeling the warm sunshine, breathing in its air of freedom and prosperity. Amid…

THE ISLANDS OF THE BAHAMAS An archipelago of 700 islands, only 30 inhabited, the Bahamas lie in the Atlantic Ocean, a mere hour’s flight from the coast of Florida. Or, if like me you are travelling from the UK, British Airways fly several times a week direct to the capital of the Bahamas, Nassau. The…

WHERE WILL YOU STAY IN ANTIGUA We arrived at Hawksbill in time for lunch, where we were welcomed with cold towels and a table ready for lunch! We were able to choose our lunch from the beach bar menu, or go to the grill and watch the chef prepare fish, chicken and burgers straight to…

THE HIDDEN ISLAND OF ANGUILLA OK – Anguilla! What’s it all about? It was my mission to boldly go and un-hide this “hidden island of Anguilla”! Finding Anguilla, in the Leeward Islands of the British West Indies was easy! Virgin from Gatwick and then a short flight on Liat Airlines from Antigua and I was…

ANTIGUA A PARADISE ISLE I accepted a generous invitation from my daughter, Charmaine and her husband, John to join them on their family holiday, planned mainly for relaxation. The location chosen was ideal! From the moment we set foot in Antigua we found ourselves in a different world–a warm, welcoming, carefree world, where hustle and…

HIDDEN GEM OF THE CARIBBEAN Grenada is known as the ‘hidden gem’ of the Caribbean, or you may have heard of it as the Caribbean’s Spice Island. It has everything you’d expect to find on a Caribbean Island, lovely beaches, lush green plantations, friendly people, nice towns to visit, interesting markets, a thriving spice, rum…

LA SOURCE GRENADA As I lay there, covered only by a towel awaiting my first ever massage, I had to confess to some feelings of apprehension. I needn’t have worried, however, and over the next two weeks I happily sampled every other “treatment” offered, from reflexology and aromatherapy to seaweed wraps and salt and oil…