Caribbean Magic And Culture: Holder’s Season In Barbados
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Posted August 4th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
The United States has Mardi Gras, Brazil has Carnivale, the Germans have Oktoberfest and Barbados has Holders Season. Each spring marks a nearly month-long celebration of culture, culinary delight, and fellowship in Barbados. Holders Season is indeed one of the premier cultural events in Barbados and the Caribbean. If ever there were a time to visit this island paradise, the visit would have to coincide with this celebration.Holders Season is a celebration of opera, music, and theatre, and takes...
Making A Splash In St. Croix
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Sea Tour
Posted July 30th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.; Bob and Sandy haven't left the pool during waking hours except to refill the refrigerator with beer. Two hundred and ninety pounds of Bob jumped into the pool creating a wave. It sloshed over the deck, and drenched parched agaves below. By the time we arrived everyone was clamoring, ?don't flush the toilet. The remaining hundred gallons in the cistern may be all for what remained of vacation.Nine to twelve mile an hour winds continue in the August heat that helps the 78%...
The Red Sea In Egypt For Scuba Diving
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Sea Tour
Posted July 27th, 2009 at 7:19 am
For many Europeans, traveling to the Red Sea for scuba diving is like many North Americans going to the Caribbean. For a scuba diver based in North America or anywhere else outside of Europe or Africa, a journey to the Red Sea is considered one of the more exotic scuba diving trips. Like other overseas travel, getting to the final destination is the hardest thing. The Red Sea can be dived from ports in both Egypt and Israel but most international scuba divers do so from the Egyptian side. Th...
Fresh Fish In Barbados Dining Caribbean Style
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Sea Tour
Posted July 23rd, 2009 at 11:19 am
One of the more salient qualities of island living is the abundance of fresh seafood. Barbados is home to the flying fish, but there is also a wide range of fish caught within ten miles of the coast: Dolphin, Wahoo, Yellow Fin Tuna, Albacore (white tuna), Swordfish, Marlin, Barracuda, Sailfish or Billfish, Kingfish, Bonita or Skipjack, Shark, and Red Snapper to name just a few.It must be noted for those concerned with such matters that the dolphin variety found in Barbados isn't of the bottlenos...
Fresh Fish In Barbados Dining Caribbean Style
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Sea Tour
Posted July 21st, 2009 at 11:19 am
One of the more salient qualities of island living is the abundance of fresh seafood. Barbados is home to the flying fish, but there is also a wide range of fish caught within ten miles of the coast: Dolphin, Wahoo, Yellow Fin Tuna, Albacore (white tuna), Swordfish, Marlin, Barracuda, Sailfish or Billfish, Kingfish, Bonita or Skipjack, Shark, and Red Snapper to name just a few.It must be noted for those concerned with such matters that the dolphin variety found in Barbados isn't of the bottlenos...
Making A Splash In St. Croix
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Sea Tour
Posted July 13th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.; Bob and Sandy haven't left the pool during waking hours except to refill the refrigerator with beer. Two hundred and ninety pounds of Bob jumped into the pool creating a wave. It sloshed over the deck, and drenched parched agaves below. By the time we arrived everyone was clamoring, ?don't flush the toilet. The remaining hundred gallons in the cistern may be all for what remained of vacation.Nine to twelve mile an hour winds continue in the August heat that helps the 78%...
The Red Sea In Egypt For Scuba Diving
by
Sea Tour
Posted July 13th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
For many Europeans, traveling to the Red Sea for scuba diving is like many North Americans going to the Caribbean. For a scuba diver based in North America or anywhere else outside of Europe or Africa, a journey to the Red Sea is considered one of the more exotic scuba diving trips. Like other overseas travel, getting to the final destination is the hardest thing. The Red Sea can be dived from ports in both Egypt and Israel but most international scuba divers do so from the Egyptian side. Th...
Caribbean Magic And Culture: Holder’s Season In Barbados
by
Sea Tour
Posted June 28th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
The United States has Mardi Gras, Brazil has Carnivale, the Germans have Oktoberfest and Barbados has Holders Season. Each spring marks a nearly month-long celebration of culture, culinary delight, and fellowship in Barbados. Holders Season is indeed one of the premier cultural events in Barbados and the Caribbean. If ever there were a time to visit this island paradise, the visit would have to coincide with this celebration.Holders Season is a celebration of opera, music, and theatre, and takes...
