Caribbean

Getting into Dominica, I planned an itinerary that would take us away from the rest of the cruise ship crowd and get us to see the main highlights in a couple hours … aka See Dominica in 8 hours My plan was the following Start in the south at Scotts Head Make our way past Soufriere Bay and check out …

Getting into St. Thomas, I had forgotten how touristy and commercial these American ports can be. The actual port area seemed to be one huge tax exclusion zone that catered for American tourists. That being said … the prices were pretty awesome on jewellery, sunglasses and liquor. If you’re into all the shopping and wandering around the tourist complex of …

Extracting value from a cruise line is like extracting value from a casino. It is possible, but you will have to do some research and put some effort into getting what you want. Additionally, Dominica is a nature island, hence there will be quite a lot of hiking, if you’re into that. Hiking requires time, so generally you’re going to …

So we’re leaving for Puerto Rico and then we’re off on my first ever cruise. I can’t say that I’m stoked or super excited for a couple reasons that have nothing to do with the cruise I’ve always associated cruising with old people I’ve always associated cruising with old people who want to do nothing else but eat their faces …

Before any discussion about J’Ouvert morning – hit play on the video. This has be to discussed against the backdrop of this song. I’ll disclaimer myself … I am not a J’Ouvert expert. In fact, I think any foreigners who’ve visited Trinidad more than three times for the Carnival, have more J’Ouvert experience than myself. This is for a couple reasons None of …

I had to think long and hard about how to express and post my utter contempt for IslandPeople and their horrible organization at last night’s event GirlPower. I for one will NEVER ever attend or RECOMMEND an IslandPeople event again – in fact for the next three years, I’ll set a reminder to write a post to remind people that …

With the post Carnival cool down over, it’s back to real life and figuring out the bills. The number 2 question, I’ve  gotten from readers is how much should I budget for my Trinidad Carnival plans? Here is a detailed cost breakdown for Carnival 2012. I’ve included all Carnival and touring related costs. I recognize that this cost breakdown will …

Playing mas in Trinidad is a bucket list highlight for many people, especially those second and third generation Trinidadians who’ve only heard about how great Trinidad Carnival is while playing mas in New York, Toronto, Miami etc. As a veteran “fete sket“, I’ve crossed the stage multiple times with Poison and now Tribe and to be perfectly honest, I couldn’t …

After all the Carnival festivities … it’s back to the rest of fetes for the Carnival season prior. As much as I might complain about the prices of this fete every year … it does guarantee a phenomenal all inclusive experience and is one of the two “Be Seen” fetes on Carnival Sunday (The other on being Brian Lara’s shindig). …

This is for the gents … ladies … sorry no male eye candy for you … I’m sure there will be other blogs by other readers with guys … but not my blog 😛