At just 19, Barbadian race car driver Zane Maloney has already become an international sensation. Shelly-Ann Inniss takes a look at his journey — and prospects The sound of sports car engines revving across the 166-square-mile island of Barbados can easily wake the average Bajan. Before the crack of dawn, carpools full of motorsport lovers …
Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places You can understand why few visitors venture beyond Tobago’s southwest. Everything you could want is in easy reach: the airport, great food, wonderful ocean escapes, thrilling eco adventures, and idyllic beaches along the picture-perfect Caribbean coast. But there’s a world to explore further afield, starting with the capital …
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Don’t miss Grenada’s Chocolate Festival (16–21 May) is a chocolate lover’s dreamland. Almost all the cocoa produced here ranks among the best in the world, and all the Spice Island’s main cocoa and chocolate producers participate in the festival. You can walk or dance the cocoa to help ensure the beans dry evenly; explore cocoa …
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This month’s listening picks from the Caribbean — featuring new music by Etienne Charles; Cozier; David Walters; and Érol Josué Etienne Charles Traces (Culture Shock Music) One result of migration, forced and voluntary, is a blossoming of new music cultures. On his new album Traces — a limited edition in both vinyl and CD — …
Extraordinary places across the Caribbean region to add to your bucket list… Butterflies playfully chase each other in the rolling hills of the central Rupununi savannahs. And birdsong from rare birds, high-pitched grunts from anteaters and other sounds of nature strike up a symphony here in Yupukari — the village of the indigenous Macushi and …
I’ve been in the film industry for almost 20 years now. My first degree is art history and art studio, and I did film and architecture at the time. My real foray into film was when I left New York after Williams [College] and moved to Toronto. I was new in the country, and someone …
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The UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the greater Caribbean are of special cultural and historical importance to us all. Shelly-Ann Inniss guides us through five more sites for your sights, in part three of our series Discover five more of the Caribbean’s World Heritage Sites This is the third in our series of travel features …
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The Caribbean has been typically divided up along the lines of Dutch, English, French and Spanish — with some overlap among these languages, as in Belize, Puerto Rico and the “ABC” and “SSS” islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten and Saba) … just because languages don’t respect borders. These colonial languages have long …
By Caribbean Blogger. Are you a solo traveler with a penchant for adventure and a desire to explore the captivating beauty of the Caribbean? Look no further! This is your best guide to Caribbean destinations for solo travelers like yourself. From stunning beaches to vibrant cultures, these destinations offer everything you need for an unforgettable …
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Before Bajan superstar Rihanna — the Right Excellent Robyn Rihanna Fenty, “if you nasty”! — starred in the Super Bowl Half Time Show in February to an audience of millions, Trinidadian Nicki Minaj boldly rapped with Madonna in the 2012 edition of that show. (Both Rihanna and Nicki, incidentally, have graced the cover of Caribbean …