Arrive, Environment, Travel, Cuba, Curacao, Suriname, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Lucia, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● September/October 2020 • Digital Issue
Go wild | Round trip
Soaring mountains, rushing rivers and waterfalls, rainforests teeming with life, and savannahs stretching to the horizon — the Caribbean has so many amazing natural landscapes to explore. What better time to experience the life-giving adventures of the great outdoors?
Arrive, Travel, Trinidad and Tobago
By Nixon Nelson ● Issue 161 (January/February 2020)
Choose your own Tobago | Destination
Everyone has a different idea about what makes a dream vacation. Whether you’re looking for quiet time or an adrenaline hit, to explore pristine nature or the stories of history, to get pampered or get wild, Tobago has something for you, writes Nixon Nelson
Engage, Culture, Environment, Trinidad and Tobago
By Sharon Millar ● Issue 141 (September/October 2016)
Grow wild
The bee is completely absorbed. There are several of his compatriots circling, but he is the lucky suitor. I am fortunate to witness this...
Culture, Environment, Science, Trinidad and Tobago
By Tracy Assing ● Issue 90 (March/April 2008)
Where the birds belong
Of all the countries of the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago boasts the highest number of recorded species of birds, with 468, according to...
Arts and Architecture, Culture, History, Science, Guyana
By Roxana Kawall ● Issue 118 (November/December 2012)
George Simon: in search of lost time
Like the hummingbirds he loves to paint, George Simon is hard to catch up with. At the age of sixty-five, the Guyanese artist and...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 14 (Summer 1995)
Caribbean Bookshelf (Summer 1995)
A Small Gathering of Bones Patricia Powell (Heinemann Caribbean Writers Series 1994) Spirits in the Dark H. Nigel Thomas (Heinemann...
Culture, Environment, Travel, Lifestyle, Trinidad and Tobago
By Sue Limb ● Issue 19 (May/June 1996)
In Search of the Tufted Coquette in Trinidad & Tobago
More than 430 bird species have been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago, over 170 in the Arima Valley alone, site of the famous Asa Wright...
Culture, Arts, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Annabelle Alcazar ● Issue 31 (May/June 1998)
Jane Downer: Healing Art
Since the days of Walter Raleigh, the name La Brea has been synonymous with Trinidad’s Pitch Lake (La Brea means pitch in Spanish). Its...