The stones of Statia
Growing up with the ruins of a three-hundred-year-old fortress on the beach in your back yard can send your life in a certain direction. It...
Azonto Lessons
This is my first time! In Africa! I exclaim this first to the immigration officer. And thereafter to anyone else who comes too close. My...
Miami is an island
Time for a geography quiz: name a Caribbean city famous for its eponymous beach and its palm-lined avenues, its picturesque Bahamas-style...
Imran Khan: “I envy folks who doze off…”
With a name like his, it seems inevitable that Guyanese Imran Khan would have a career in cricket — not as a star player like his...
Paramaribo for pleasure
If you’ve never visited Paramaribo, here’s what you may know about the Surinamese capital: that it’s the only Dutch-speaking city in...
Ifeona Fulani: Jamaica homecoming
There was that first homecoming, years ago now, when I returned to Jamaica after more than thirty years of absence. I was four when I left...
Waiting for the monsoon
August. A sweltering England. I pack a pair of floral Wellington boots and fly to Bombay. “Come to visit during the monsoon,” my friend...
Mysteries of the Maya
The ascent to the summit of El Castillo is not for the faint of heart. If the hike up an imposing stone staircase doesn’t leave you...
