Posts Tagged ‘caribbean’

Welcome to Samaná Bay!

To the left you will see fishermen with their small canoes and dug-outs. Fixing nets and clearing boats for another day on the water… Ahead you will see a mass of people crowding the end of the pier. Waiting for the speedboat to ferry another load to the larger vessel anchored half a mile away. Join the queue, let’s see if the whales are in town…  Read the rest »

Good morning!

Yes… once again we’re up before dawn during our holiday… What’s supposed to be a relaxing time to rest and recharge from a long year of hard ‘graft’, feels rather less-so at five a.m., I think to myself, standing in the open-air foyer of the hotel… But it’s about 23 degrees – nice and cool – and the stars in the sky mean it’s going to be a sunny day… Read the rest »

Since I can remember, I’ve always wanted to go to the Caribbean. Perhaps inspired by the Bacardi ads or James Bond movies from childhood? But that part of the world has always been my dream destination.

When Marcel and I got married in 2001, our plan was to become scuba diving instructors in the Caymans, or another island nearby. Practicality and other reasons helped us choose The Netherlands instead, but the dream didn’t fade. Both of us wanted to go.

What better reason than a 40th birthday? On 1st of March I was born four decades ago. Wow. What a thought. It used to sound so old … Read the rest »