All of our friends had told us how difficult the Wavine Cyrique hike is on Dominica. Over dinner, one of our friends, eyes wide, told us how she’d cried all the way down the hike because she thought she was going to die. We had to try this challenge. Wavine Cyrique is basically a cliff […]
One of the best things we did during our week on Guadeloupe was to take a boat out to a neighbouring island called Petite-Terre. The island is a protected nature reserve which means no one lives on it aside from the lighthouse keeper, and the number of visitors allowed on the island each day is […]
It was by accident that we ended up in Guadeloupe. When we flew from Miami to Dominica (via Peurto Rico) we had no idea where we’d be headed after our two month jaunt on the island. Unfortunately for us, border control in the US demanded we show them an exit ticket off Dominica. So, in […]
When I proposed to Carmen a few years a go I hatched an ingenious plan (or so I thought) to take her to a romantic restaurant before I popped the question. Eating exotic foods I booked us a table at Dans Le Noir, a place in central London that serves meals in pitch blackness. To […]
What are the best seats you’ve ever had at a gig? Box, front row, members stand; all offer a great view of the action on stage. Hold that view in your mind. Now, imagine you’re on the Caribbean island of Dominica in 1782 and you’re sitting on the front porch of your friend’s house on […]
