“The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.”  ~  Rudyard Kipling While still in the Atlantic, we began seeing debris in the water of small branches, pieces of wood some of which were blackened and also a change of color of the water from blue to brown.  There was a noticeable […]

O-fish-ally on island time. Part of French Guiana, the three Iles du Salut, or Islands of Salvation, were a much feared penal colony for the most notorious French criminals.  The movie “Papillon” tells of one such criminal. Too violent for me, I didn’t watch it.   We went ashore but we didn’t walk to the prison. […]

The easternmost of the Caribbean islands, Barbados is rich in British history and often called “Little England” for its lasting influence. Cricket matches and afternoon tea are common.  A bus tour took us past sugarcane fields and plantations.   Many of the islands are mostly Catholic, but Barbados is mostly  Anglican.  The below is the St […]