Originally written for Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine. Re-printed with permission. Curaçao. The word had only come to my ears once as a child when my mom mentioned something about the ABC islands. Other than that, I knew nothing of the place. So, when work called one day and said I’d have to cover some flights there […]
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A friend recently shared a link to one of those tucked-away, lesser-known spots that proves itself to be a definite must-see. The Facebook pictures of nervous hands holding scaly reptiles for the camera and children’s faces bunched around feeding animals truly make it one such place. So last month, I packed the godchildren into the car and […]
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Originally written for Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine. Re-printed with permission. This is the story of a girl who happened to be in the right place at the right time when a guy from Guadeloupe strolled into her office. They met and had a conversation during which she (not so subtly) mentioned how much she wanted to […]
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I had been twisting and turning through narrow, rocky countryside roads flanked by encroaching sugarcane field bush for over an hour. The only thing burning me more than the sun’s scorching heat beating through my car window was the question of when I would arrive. Thirty minutes later, I turned into peaceful Chalky Mount, St. […]
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