All Entries in the "Caribbean" Catégorie
Leaving the ghetto
In this island-nation, music, art and creativity born in the yoke of the ghetto are more than symbols of liberation and freedom. They are its key.
Meandering from the pulpit
New directions for gospel emerges in Barbados, comedy to jazz (Bridgetown) Finding oneself among throngs of believers singing songs of praise on the Caribbean island of Barbados was decidedly uplifting. The atmosphere at the Sunset Concert of Gospelfest in Barbados was a stark contrast to the urban secularism and its cynical attitudes towards just about [...]
Cuban alternatives
Cuba is not waiting for change, to change. Despite slow progress in normalizing relations with the United States, the island-nation is diversifying its tourism infrastructure. As far as tourism is concerned, despite difficult times for the nations economy; Cuba is following its own agenda.
A year of false hopes for Cuba
For Cuba it was a year of false-starts, tentative hopes for change and lingering anticipation that the United States would finally open the floodgates for American tourists to visit the island nation. As the year draws to a close, however, little has changed and the embargo persists. But if Cubans are used to anything, it is waiting.
First stop of the colonial journey
The private Aura Beach property outside of Santo Domingo is nothing like what you imagine a coast to look like in the Dominican Republic. There are no rows of lawn-chairs and no race for a good spot. Every spot is as restful as the next. Unlike some of the island resort towns in the region on this secluded spot not far from the capital you can actually find a shoreline to lounge away the hours in relative seclusion.
Nature’s reality show
Nature throws you a loop in Belize. That first evening was a sign. Coming here, be it hidden away in the secluded south or even on the quiet agricultural northern highways; as a traveller you are propelled far away from the cookie-cruncher tourism of vast resorts, grand pools and flocks of weary travellers. In Belize you are a guest among others at nature’s reality-show.