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The Official DefinitiveCaribbean Blog

http://definitivecaribbean.blogspot.com/

Between us we have been travelling in the islands for eighty years and in that time we have had plenty of experiences…We have a variety of stories for you – about Caribbean food, activities, books, music, films and Caribbean characters.

Added on: Apr 17th, 2009
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Author: Alexander Gray
Listed in: Travel Caribbean
Tags: travel journalism Nature caribbean quirky

Recent Posts

Jamaican Slang and Caribbean Proverbs

Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 12:12 in jamaica, barbados, trinidad, caribbean life, caribbean language

The West Indians have always been lyrical and laconic. And they have a lovely turn of phrase, using things that surround them to near poetic effect, even when they are cussing you out. For a bit of fun we have collected some well known West Indian ex...
Saba - The Highest Point of a European Kingdom

Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 07:11 in saba

Here’s an odd fact you probably didn’t know about the Caribbean. That the highest point in Holland is on a tiny Caribbean island called Saba. Admittedly ‘Netherlands’ means ‘low-lying lands’, so you wouldn’t expect much, but Saba really...
Death by Octopus - A Lobster\'s Fate

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 11:30 in caribbean nature

You’d think that being a lobster would make you pretty much invincible on the reefs of the Caribbean. This is possibly except where humans are concerned, who can simply pick you up and drop you in a pot of boiling water. But generally lobsters woul...
Good Morning - A Lesson in Manners

Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 11:27 in dominica, caribbean food, caribbean life

It’s one of those aspects of West Indian life. You are expected to greet people, when you meet them. Even if you don’t know them. It sometimes seems odd, coming from a big city in which people barely even look one another in the eye. But in the i...
World Travel Market 2009 - A Precursor

Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 04:11 in world travel market

Whoops. Apologies for the oversight this week. No entry for the Definitive Caribbean blog.You’ll be glad to know, however, we have been using our time well at World Travel Market, a travel trade fair, which is a travel experience in itself. Literal...
Jet Lag - Can it work in your favour?

Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 07:18 in caribbean travels and travails, caribbean flights

Flights to the Caribbean from Europe leave in the middle of the day. It’s not exactly a normal time to go to sleep, but in my case – as I’ve usually packed late into the night before - I doze off when there’s a moment’s quiet (knowing subco...