Matelot, Trinidad: Behind God’s Back
“Matelot,” people in Trinidad say. “That’s behind God’s back.” By which, of course, they mean that the...
Postcard From Grenada
Dear Jackie, They say Grenada is the “original Caribbean”. You can see why. The place oozes history. St George’s, the...
The Grenada Travel Cop | Last Word
In Grenada, all visitors know the handsomely-uniformed policemen who direct traffic through the narrow streets and crowded intersections of...
Fairways in the Sun: Golf in the Caribbean
I’m sure by now you’ve heard the rumour — since it’s been circulating for nearly 500 years — that the game of...
Postcard From the Rupununi, Guyana
After the Caribbean islands, Guyana seems huge about size of Britain, with only 700,000 people. This is where the Caribbean invades South...
A Little Mannish Water: Caribbean Cuisine
The Caribbean has a reputation — a well-deserved one, come to think of it — as a part of the world where people don’t...
Special Assignment: Ian Fleming’s Jamaica
Agent 007 – alias James Bond, the bane of international terrorists, megalomaniac scientists and nefarious drug barons – was...
A Letter From Tobago
I am sitting on a balcony in Tobago, facing the ocean. Breakfast in the open-air dining room is over, and Mr Braithwaite, the wise ancient...
