Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
By Paul Crask ● Issue 105 (September/October 2010)
St Vincent top ten
La Soufriere At just over 1,200 metres, La Soufriere is St Vincent’s tallest peak and dominates the entire north of the island. Still...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Dominica
By Paul Crask ● Issue 97 (May/June 2009)
Time stands still in Touna Auté, Dominica
Irvince Auguiste, architect of the Touna Auté project, invites me into his kitchen, where his wife Louisette greets me with a big smile...
Culture, Environment, Travel, Lifestyle, Grenada
By Paul Crask ● Issue 115 (May/June 2012)
A Green [Organic] Valley in Grenada
“Try the goat’s cheese. It’s amazing.” Shadel Nyack Compton, managing director of Belmont Estate, is buzzing with enthusiasm. She...
Culture, Environment, Lifestyle, Dominica
By Paul Crask ● Issue 110 (July/August 2011)
Rolling in the deep: whale-watching in Dominica
All eyes are glued on the captain as he begins his briefing. We’re bobbing quietly on gentle waves, about a mile off Dominica’s west...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Grenada
By Paul Crask ● Issue 102 (March/April 2010)
Carriacou: voyage to world’s end
Carriacou was made for walking. Combined with hitching rides and taking local buses, it’s absolutely the best way to explore this...
Culture, Literature, Reviews, Dominica
By Paul Crask ● Issue 103 (May/June 2010)
Book Reviews – May/June 2010
In all likelihood, Dominica’s Kalinago represent the last of the “Island Caribs”, a term coined by Europeans for a succession of...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Dominica
By Paul Crask ● Issue 103 (May/June 2010)
I can see clearly now: hiking Dominica’s Pitons
I really enjoy hiking, even though these days I know my aging muscles and bones will tend to gripe at me the morning after. But recently...
Culture, Music, People, Dominica
By Paul Crask ● Issue 104 (July/August 2010)
Nelly Stharre: woman of the earth
Ten years ago, when I saw Nelly Stharre on stage in Dominica for the first time, she sang songs that made the hair on the back of my neck...