There is no shortage of churches in the Caribbean. You will find houses of worship for many faiths in the islands, although Christianity predominates, likely due to the influences of the European explorers (or “invaders” depending upon your perspective). The mural above comes from the Marigot Catholic Church, which sits atop a hill on the road to Fort Louis on the French side of the island. The church was built in 1842 by Jacob and Benjamin Gumbs. The Gumbs family owned sugar plantations in Anguilla and Dutch Ste. Maarten. For more of the many churches we explored in the islands, read our journal entry, “Sunday Morning in the Caribbean.” For the…
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One down, 25 to go. I even have one for “X!” Stay tuned! Taken on Meads Bay, Anguilla, November 2010, and Grand Prize photo in the 2011 Caribbean Travel + Life Photo Contest. For more information about Anguilla, check out our blog posts and photos of the island here. For the whole series of “The Caribbean from A to Z,” click here!
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If you happen to be flying out of Canada, and happen to be flying West Jet Airlines this month, check our our images, included in features on the Queen Conch and Anguilla. You will see our image of a conch salad from Da Conch Shack, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, and our image of SandBar, Meads Bay, Anguilla. If you won’t be flying West Jet this month, check out our images online here: up! Magazine – March 2013 Hint: Take a look at pages 22 and 60!
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Travel writer and teacher, Kristin Mock, author of the insightful travel blog, kristinmock.com, interviewed me for her new feature, “One Question.” Kristin’s question for me was the topic of photographing people. You can read the feature on Kristin’s site here: http://kristinmock.com/one-question-with-wendy-gunderson-photographing-people/# As a photographer and a woman, how do you best approach people you’d like to take pictures of when you travel? And do you think being a woman affects the way you interact with people you’ve never met before, and if so, what advice would you give to budding photographers? One of the hardest things to do is to approach a stranger to take their photograph. Photography often attracts…
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We’re back from another trip, and it’s time to look inside my bag to determine what was worth its weight in gold and what wasn’t worth the weight in my carryon. Once again, I used my Think Tank Airport AirStream to carry my gear. I have not found a better bag as far as its size and layout. The build quality on Think Tank products is the best. I have had nothing but good experiences with this bag no matter what the terrain. For more details on this fabulous bag, check out last year’s, “What’s in my Bag? Nevis” page. Before getting into what was packed inside, I should note…
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Welcome to our video tour of the BVI, featuring stops on Scrub Island, Beef Island/Trellis Bay, Tortola, Marina Cay, Anegada, and Virgin Gorda. Greetings from the British Virgin Islands from My Irie Time on Vimeo. If you haven’t done so already, check out our BVI trip report! [the_grid name=”BVI”]
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Read all five parts of our BVI trip report! Click below to start! Oh, and don’t forget to check out THE VIDEO! [the_grid name=”BVI”]
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All good things must come to an end, and so we reach Part Five of our BVI Trip Report. Part Five takes us to the island of Virgin Gorda, the third largest of the islands in the British Virgin Islands and the second most populated. We arranged this trip through Dive BVI, as we did our trip to Anegada. Our guides for this trip were Tara from London, whom you may recall from our Anegada trip, and Brian, who was from a small village in Ireland. Bryan told us he kissed the Blarney Stone twice, and I believe it. He was a great storyteller, and we had a great day…
