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Category: Caribbean

Caribbean includes blog posts from the West Indies and Haiti, though we briefly touched down in Jamaica. We spent seven years in the western Caribbean. Each country has a different flavor, and it’s definitely not vanilla.

October 16, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

The Aftermath of an Oil Spill in Trinidad

September 13, 2017July 10, 2026Lorraine Escher

Memories of the BVIs: dancing with my girl, Betty

August 23, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Fish obsessed in Bequia

August 21, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Dominica: colourful and unique. It is the 4th dimension.

August 18, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Drama on the Bus in Grenada

PIcture of the Escher kids on the deck of SV Aphrodite during Grenada Carnival 2017
August 16, 2017August 16, 2017Lorraine Escher

Sights to See (and Unsee) at Grenada Carnival 2017

July 3, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Grenada Hash House Harriers – a walk or a run for everyone

Betty in front of the Soufriere volcano in Montserrat - lots of ash wound up on our catamaran, Aphrodite
June 27, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Sailing the Caribbean? Don’t Miss Montserrat!

May 30, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

Martinique: where even the hardware stores are chic

February 4, 2017July 3, 2026Lorraine Escher

‘Mayors’ of the harbour in the US Virgin Islands

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