Born on a Rock: Journey of a Pacific Island Woman
I was born on a rock. I was brought up on a rock. I am a proud island woman who is happy and proud of my experiences, roots, culture, family, and friends. I was in born the late 70s. My rock in Fiji was mostly made up of dusty roads and towns back in those days. My...
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COMPARING ISLAND LIFE: Bermuda & The Bahamas
EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to the fourth post in our new series where women who have lived on multiple rocks compare the lifestyles of different islands. If you missed the first three, click here, or here, or here. This site receives so many questions in the realm of...
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Moving from Island to Island, Taking It Slowly Slowly
My first experience of island life came at the ripe old age of 45 on the island of Tortola in the BVI. I had met my soon-to-be husband who was living/working in the BVI, but I had never before travelled this far afield and was daunted by the prospect of leaving my...
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An Island Woman at the Wheel
Female drivers can have such contradictory reputations on my island, with island men selecting which one they'd like to highlight based on how it serves their needs. On one hand, whenever a car is for sale on Mauritius, men lead their sales pitch with, "the car was...
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13 Luxuries of Island Living
Someone is asking you to describe island life - what words do you use? Free-spirited? Laid-back? Unfussy? Luxurious? I lost you on that last one, didn't I? Unless you're a fancy pants tourist looking to book a stay in a private island resort complete with personal...
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How Island Life Sets You Free
I hadn't worn a bikini since turning 40. It wasn't that I considered myself to be fat, I had just kind of thought that we Brits don't really do bikinis after turning 40. That, and the fact that I couldn't possibly compete with all of the younger bikini-clad babes......
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