by Shelley Seale Shadow had a boyfriend, and she clearly missed him. I had felt a little guilty pulling her away from him as we set off down the trail; she kept turning her head back to look for him. Now we had stopped halfway through the ride to rest, and take in the incredible…
Puerto Rico offers the perfect Caribbean destination from the U.S. for many reasons. First is the ease of travel; even after new passport requirements for Canada and Mexico, as a U.S. Territory you are not required to have a passport to enter. Not only is this great for non-passport holders, it also makes travel easier…
“Just call me dushi,” reads the t-shirt in the airport shop as I arrive in Curaçao. Dushi comes from the Spanish word dulce, meaning dessert or sugar; the literal translation here is sweetie, and sweet indeed is the tiny, utterly charming island of Curaçao in the Dutch Antilles. When we think of the Caribbean, we…
by Shelley Seale Before I went to the Caribbean island of Aruba, part of the Dutch Antilles, I admittedly had some preconceived notions. My idea of Aruba was a place filled with American resorts, American food, American stores, and Americans themselves who spent countless hours lolling on the beaches with a Mai Tai in hand….
by Shelley Seale “Just call me dushi,” reads the t-shirt in the airport shop as I arrive in Curaçao. Dushi comes from the Spanish word dulce, meaning dessert or sugar; the literal translation here is sweetie, and sweet indeed is the tiny, utterly charming island of Curaçao in the Dutch Antilles. When we think of…
by Shelley Seale In the far southern Caribbean Ocean, just 40 miles from the South American border, lies the hidden gem of Curaçao, an island in the Netherlands Antilles. Far less developed and explored by tourists than many other Caribbean islands, Curaçao’s charm lies in its history, its authentic experience and its culture that doesn’t…
by Shelley Seale As a teenager I was entranced by images of Jean Harlow gliding across the room in a glamorous silk-and-feather dressing gown; by Bette Davis staring down another man who was no match for her over a cigarette; by the impossibly debonair Cary Grant seducing the likes of Katharine Hepburn with only his…