I recoil at being told that I am "lucky".  Generally, I do not believe in "luck" as a concept when it comes to ones life.  On very rare occasions, however, I am forced to admit I feel very lucky indeed.  Having a roommate who does massages, facials, body scrubs and the like for a living, is one such time.  Very lucky indeed. The remarkably massagy/facial-ly talented

Many countries in the Caribbean and Latin America have some sort of Carnival.  Belize is no exception.  I was curious about this custom, and did a bit of research.  First, i was shocked to find there is actually a website, www.belizecarnival.com.  The website says Carnival is in September, but that's a different one i guess.   According to the site, the tradition of Carnival in

the boat was very small. but somehow, that never really bothered me. over time, i was able to find an accommodation to any adjustment i needed to make in order to make it "habitable".   From the outset, i had to major issues: my hair, and cheese. My Hair - My hair is always an issue, regardless of what i'm doing. There's a lot of it,

Bequia, pronounced Beck-Way, Grenadines is a charming little island town that is part of  St Vincent and the Grenadines.  It's got about 7,000 people on the island, but it doesnt feel like it.  There is only one small town, and i loved it.  It felt very familiar and comfortable to me.  It was a bustling little town, and not many tourists except on the main

After the Grenada, we headed to St Vincent and the Grenadines, but first a stop in Tobago Cays for a night or two.   Overall, our travels have been to harbors designed and built to service the sailing community, and small remote coves and islands. Unfortunately, access to much of the "features" of the towns we visited werent readily available, so i spent a great