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Asian Palm, Barbados

April 7, 2007 – 6:52 pm

So far I’ve been reporting on my excellent dining experiences. And why not, right? Share the good stuff. But, lest you think I am not a discerning diner, I have had some disappointing experiences. So let me share one of those.
Asian Palm Thai Restaurant, Holetown, St James, Barbados
Asian Palm is described as a Thai and [...]

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Sitar, Barbados

March 25, 2007 – 6:48 pm

Sitar Restaurant, Holetown, St James
Holetown is one of those prime tourist areas in Barbados. And there’s a reason for that. In a small area, there are shops and restaurants tightly packed for visitors’ enjoyment. I am sure the shopping is great, but the real reason I like it is the abundance of eating options. You [...]

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Brown Sugar, Barbados

March 24, 2007 – 11:06 pm

I originally intended to do one post with a review of several restaurants that I have visited in the past 2 months, since I don’t have great pictures for some of them. However, that post (in progress) seems to be getting a bit long, so why not separate them? That way when I revisit some [...]

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More on Caribbean Airlines

March 5, 2007 – 2:42 pm

I noted with some small disbelief (but mostly acceptance that what-else-should-we-expect?), the post-Carnival chaos that Caribbean Airlines offered its customers. Better documented by Manicou.
I therefore faced with some trepidation, setting out on my flight with Caribbean Airlines last weekend on a complex route from Barbados to Trinidad to Guyana and return the same way (because [...]

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From Bridgetown

February 20, 2007 – 4:04 pm

I am still internet-deprived, but Lilandra is visiting so neither of us have updated our blogs. I am at work, so I have an unfair advantage For the past 10 years I have heard much about how nobody every invited her to visit Barbados (never mind she was busy doing A-Levels and [...]

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Caribbean Airlines, Caribbean Beat

January 21, 2007 – 3:07 pm

It took me a few weeks, but I finally made it onto an official Caribbean Airlines flight. It wouldn’t usually take me this long, since I did travel some usual routes during the period, but Caribbean Airlines has changed theirs!
I am still unclear on the exact new routes, but I do know that Trinis [...]

By Chennette | Also posted in Barbados, Caribbean, Chennette, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago | Comments (18)

From Barbados

January 5, 2007 – 10:54 pm

I feel odd, not having been able to be online whenever I want, sending email, blogging, chatting, downloading stuff (stuff that shall remain nameless lest the wrong people think I am breaking laws of some kind…;-)) So, my last night in the hotel (or at least this hotel!) here I am. No meeting tomorrow, [...]

By Chennette | Also posted in Caribbean, life | Comments (13)

Tales from Grenada, Part III (Caribbean Star vs Virgin Atlantic)

December 28, 2006 – 10:12 pm

This is the last of my “Grenada” posts, I promise. I do have plans for other posts, mostly food-related, but my brain can only work in sequence, and I had planned to tell these tales in this order, and so I must. Even if it’s been almost 2 weeks since I left Grenada!
After the nice [...]

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Tales from Grenada, Part II (or Trini Geography)

December 23, 2006 – 10:46 pm

After my meeting in the morning in St George’s, I got a taxi directly to the airport. It was a beautiful day and when I commented on the great weather (having spent the previous couple weeks in Guyana and Trinidad in cold rain), the driver assumed I was from those foreign cold northern parts. Once [...]

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Tales from Grenada, Part I

December 22, 2006 – 12:48 am

I started this post on the weekend…it was only going to be Part I so I stupidly typed it straight into the little box online, and lost it when the browser froze. Sigh. Anyway, to continue…or start again, whatever!
Last week I did some 4-island hopping but the most story-telling-worthiness comes from Grenada. First we start [...]

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