Flip sides of carnival
Colourful costumes, music, dance, eating chicken bones from a gutter, begging, saving beer can dregs in a bottle. Flip sides of carnival.
Carnival opening parade 2012
A montage of photos from today’s Roseau street parade marking the official opening of carnival season 2012.
Peace and love at Zam Zam Cafe
The last Friday of the month has seen Dominica reggae artists Nelly Stharre and Trevy Felix playing accoustic tunes until the early hours at Zam Zam Cafe. Laid back and relaxed, attracting a mix of locals, independent travellers and yachties who are anchored just off the beach, Zam Zam has become one of Dominica’s coolest [...]
Dominica house for sale
Aunty Joan is selling her house. It’s lovely and the views are fabulous. I should know, I currently rent it. From the verandah, this is what you see when you look left. When you look right, you see Roseau and the Caribbean Sea. Here is the description: [...]
Organic Cocoa
I am currently writing an article about Belmont Estate in Grenada and I remembered this short clip I filmed of a farmer splitting cocoa pods with his machete for another, sitting on the ground, to scoop out the wet cocoa beans for processing. I was entranced by the fluidity of motion – and the fact [...]
Orange Field in winter
Our little piece of Morne Anglais mountainside, once named Orange Field by the former estate owners, looked lovely, if somewhat overgrown, today. I pictured a little house there. Hopefully that will finally happen for us this year. In the field next door, our neighbour, Joyce, grows anthuriums which she sells in town. She feeds goats [...]
New Year’s Day
I went for a walk around the Freshwater Lake loop trail this afternoon. It was wild up there, but also beautiful. There was not a soul around. The lake and surrounding peaks were covered in a thick veil of mist and the wind was blowing hard from the east. But there was no rain. On [...]
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