This keeps on happening out here. In Tobago, a long thin island with rolling plantations taken over by mass tourism at one end, rugged mountains and lonely fishing villages at the other, I could s…
Monthly Archives: September 2016
Liming – Bathsheba – Chilling on the beach, Relaxing in the Garden
On the coast, the backs of the beaches are covered in morning glory, in a few places cleared away and grass laid to give a park like feeling – could almost be New Brighton. Just don’t lie under th…
Source: Liming – Bathsheba – Chilling on the beach, Relaxing in the Garden
Liming – Bathsheba – Taking the Bus from Bridgetown
My favourite place is over that ridge and down onto the Atlantic coast. My first time exploring the island one sleepy Sunday, I took a cheap minibus ride into town from the Blue Horizons resort in…
Liming – Bathsheba – Hidden roads of Barbados
“Unfortunately” ( 🙂 ), Barbados is a busy node for people involved in the aid and development business, and I have usually passed through there on the way back from somewhere else or…
Liming – The Emerald Isle – The Rockley Beach Bathers
So Dominica was for trekking and wildlife. Other islands were more suitable for bumming on a beach. There are fabulous beaches in the Caribbean: Savannah Bay in Virgin Gorda, Buccoo Bay on Tobag…
Source: Liming – The Emerald Isle – The Rockley Beach Bathers
Liming – The Emerald Isle – Searching for parrots
Dominica exposed me to new Caribbean experiences. Whereas other islands were heavily touristed, and offered beaches, yachting and other water activities to tourists, Dominica had little to offer i…
Liming – The Emerald Isle – Soufriere and Scott’s Head
The last stop of the day was at Soufrière. The name is common in the eastern Caribbean as it is French for Volcano. Many of the islands I visited had been influenced by French at certain times an…
Source: Liming – The Emerald Isle – Soufriere and Scott’s Head
Liming – The Emerald Isle – Surveying the West and South Coasts
Jullan took me out on another trip one weekend. Ostensibly to check the sediment in the rivers, it was really just an excuse for him to drive the van and me to see the country. We went up and dow…
Source: Liming – The Emerald Isle – Surveying the West and South Coasts
Liming – The Emerald Isle – The Layou Landslip
We saw where the road had been completely wiped away by the slip, and carefully stepped over several wide crevasses where the tarmac had been shredded by the force of the mass movement. We veered …
Liming – The Emerald Isle – Andrew takes me around
Andrew took me out again the next day, his last night in the country. I was humbled by his generosity, as I was sure he should be with his family, packing or at least getting some rest. But he to…
String Knife and Paper 