Caribbean

C is for Ten in the Caribbean

Saba, one of ten underrated Caribbean Islands our travel agent encouraged us to explore, is only five square miles. The rocky shore persuaded Christopher Columbus not to bother stopping there when he sighted it in 1493. Pirates, on the other hand, found that quality to be Saba’s most favorable trait. This post is one inContinue reading “C is for Ten in the Caribbean”

B is for Barbados

“Harbour” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Loozrboy Ever dreamed of living on a tropical paradise island? I did. Both the dreaming and the living. From December 1989 to June 1991, I lived in Bridgetown, Barbados, where I worked first as one of six consular officers and then as the financial management officer of the US Embassy. But Barbados wasn’tContinue reading “B is for Barbados”