(This feature appears in the July/August 2010 issue of Caribbean Beat) I first saw Nelly Stharre on stage in Dominica ten years ago, singing songs that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up on end. Dressed in a forest green jacket, matching long skirt and black boots, she looked like a [...]
(This feature appears in May/June 2010 Caribbean Beat) I really enjoy hiking, always have done, even though these days I know that my aging muscles and bones will gripe at me afterwards. But recently I have discovered that the days when I would take on a hiking challenge just for the hell of it (and [...]
(Appears in the March 2010 issue of Caribbean Beat ) I found myself doing a lot of walking on Carriacou. Combined with hitching rides and taking local buses, it is absolutely the best way to explore this enchanting island of castaways, boat builders, big drummers, and some of the most idyllic stretches of sand in [...]
The hamlet of Mahaut River, Kalinago Territory. 7.30am. No sign of Israel or Victoria. We scratched around for a while, taking stock shots of bananas, alleyways, roads, dogs, chickens and dirt. The place had an air of abandonment. Fitting, I thought, because so did we. A teenager emerged from a wooden shack; a sheepish girl [...]
