Rugby in Fiji: Not Just for Men Anymore
Every country has a sport that its citizens are particularly passionate about. For Fiji, that sport is rugby. Yes, rugby - that sport where you get to watch players hurling themselves fearlessly onto the opposing team members who will try their best to get an...
More Precious Than A Pirate’s Booty
It was a crash course on how to survive in Nassau and I stumbled on treasures more valuable than any pirate’s booty.
Island Confessions: I Quit Drinking on a Rock
*Gasp* You did what?? Six months ago, there wasn’t a cell in my body that would have thought that quitting drinking while living on a tropical island was a good idea. The culture here IS drinking - it’s all about umbrella drinks under a shady coconut tree. It’s Bahama...
Island Reads: Fireburn
Do you enjoy reading historical fiction set in the tropics? Today's featured book is set on the island of St. Croix in the 1870s and tells "the horrors of a little-known, bloody period of Caribbean history." Note: Some of the links in this post are...
Living with Small Kids on a Small Rock
I think it was about three years ago that me and my husband were sitting at the then newly opened Bizzy Bee bakery on a Saturday morning in Windwardside, Saba. People were waving, cars were honking, and the smells of coffee and freshly baked bread were in the air and...
You Know You’re From Hawai’i If…
You say slippers, not flip-flops. You’re cold when the weather drops below 70 degrees... But even when it gets cold, you still wear shorts and slippers – you just add a sweatshirt. You think a 20-minute drive is a long drive. You’ll sometimes let someone into your...
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