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Hype for the Future 75E: The Caribbean Netherlands Explained
Introduction While the Netherlands represent the “Low Countries” of the European continent, similarly low territories also occur throughout the Caribbean claims of the Netherlands, including the more autonomous territories Aruba 🇦🇼, Curaçao 🇨🇼, and Sint Maarten 🇸🇽 as well as the more dependent territories Bonaire 🇧🇶, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. Correct Terminology With regard to the islands of the Dutch Caribbean, each of the listed island territories can […] -
Hype for the Future 75E: The Caribbean Netherlands Explained
Introduction While the Netherlands represent the “Low Countries” of the European continent, similarly low territories also occur throughout the Caribbean claims of the Netherlands, including the more autonomous territories Aruba 🇦🇼, Curaçao 🇨🇼, and Sint Maarten 🇸🇽 as well as the more dependent territories Bonaire 🇧🇶, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. Correct Terminology With regard to the islands of the Dutch Caribbean, each of the listed island territories can […] -
Hype for the Future 50D: Anguilla
Anguilla 🇦🇮 is a British Overseas Territory at effectively the northern end of the Leeward Islands and the Lesser Antilles. The island territory is located to the north of the island of St. Martin, which is split between the French territory of Saint-Martin in the north and the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten 🇸🇽 in the south. Dutch Sint Eustatius is also located fairly nearby, though closer to Saint Kitts and Nevis and using Oranjestad as the capital town. While Anguilla contains […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/hype-for-the-future-50d-anguilla/
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Hype for the Future 47H: USVI and BVI Compared
The Virgin Islands 🇻🇬 and the Virgin Islands of the United States 🇻🇮 are related yet clearly distinct entities. Though the Spanish Virgin Islands of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 are also of interest, referring to islands of Puerto Rican control east of the Puerto Rican mainland, the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands alike are generally associated with the name “Virgin Islands.” Though originally a name attributed to Christopher Columbus, the United States […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/hype-for-the-future-47h-usvi-and-bvi-compared/
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Hype for the Future 47H: USVI and BVI Compared
The Virgin Islands 🇻🇬 and the Virgin Islands of the United States 🇻🇮 are related yet clearly distinct entities. Though the Spanish Virgin Islands of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 are also of interest, referring to islands of Puerto Rican control east of the Puerto Rican mainland, the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands alike are generally associated with the name “Virgin Islands.” Though originally a name attributed to Christopher Columbus, the United States […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/hype-for-the-future-47h-usvi-and-bvi-compared/
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Cane Toads, Coconut Water, and the Thrush That Wouldn’t Shut Up
A stormy ferry ride, a toxic toad in the bougainvillea, and the relentless song of a thrush. But it was rum, family, and quiet laughter that lingered longest.
https://islandinthenet.com/cane-toads-coconut-water-and-the-thrush-that-wouldnt-shut-up/
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Red-tailed Pennant and Band-winged Dragonlet on a Tropical Royalblue Waterlily
On our last full day in Bequia, Bhavna and I paused beside a pond at the Bequia Heritage Museum, watching a Red-tailed Pennant and a Band-winged Dragonlet return again and again to the same violet-blue waterlily.
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Antillean Crested Hummingbird in the Ixora
On our last morning in Bequia, Bhavna spotted an Antillean Crested Hummingbird feeding among the red Ixora blooms at the Bequia Beach Hotel.
https://islandinthenet.com/antillean-crested-hummingbird-ixora/
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Antillean Crested Hummingbird in the Ixora
On our last morning in Bequia, Bhavna spotted an Antillean Crested Hummingbird feeding among the red Ixora blooms at the Bequia Beach Hotel.
https://islandinthenet.com/antillean-crested-hummingbird-ixora/
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The Last Morning Under the Flamboyant Tree
Our last morning in Bequia unfolded like any other — doves in the grass, the mockingbird in the flamboyant, and Patches climbing the steps for her eggs.
https://islandinthenet.com/the-last-morning-under-the-flamboyant-tree/
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Visiting the Bequia Whaling Museum
From rusted anchors to hand-thrown harpoons, the Bequia Whaling Museum preserves a deeply local story—one of skill, sea, and survival.
https://islandinthenet.com/visiting-the-bequia-whaling-museum/
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A morning walk along Friendship Road in Bequia with empty beaches, wildflowers, hidden cottages, and two surprise bird sightings—including a lifer Mangrove Cuckoo.
#Bequia #Grenadines #Birding #Bananaquit #MangroveCuckoo #CaribbeanBirds #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #Birds
https://islandinthenet.com/a-morning-walk-along-friendship-bay/
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Lunch and a Mojito at Sunset
A hidden lunch spot found through a local tip, and an evening of mojitos, music, and easy conversation under the almond trees.
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A Morning Walk Along Friendship Bay
A quiet morning walk along Friendship Road in Bequia with empty beaches, wildflowers, hidden cottages, and two surprise bird sightings—including a lifer Mangrove Cuckoo.
https://islandinthenet.com/a-morning-walk-along-friendship-bay/
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The Long Hopeless Hunt for Lunch
What began as a hopeful search for local food turned into a sweaty odyssey across Princess Margaret Beach, up Heart Attack Hill, and through Lower Bay.
https://islandinthenet.com/the-long-hopeless-hunt-for-lunch/
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I went looking for birds and came back with starfruit, mangoes, golden apples, and the usual question—“Wait… you’re related to them too?”
#Bequia #FriendshipBay #TropicalFruits #BequiaPlum #goldenapple #Starfruit #Mangoes #LesserAntilles #Grenadines #WindwardIslands #MorningWalk
https://islandinthenet.com/starfruit-mangoes-goldenapples-everyones-your-cousin/
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Starfruit, Mangoes, Goldenapples and Everyone’s Your Cousin?
I went looking for birds and came back with starfruit, mangoes, golden apples, and the usual question—“Wait… you’re related to them too?”
https://islandinthenet.com/starfruit-mangoes-goldenapples-everyones-your-cousin/
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A field behind a beach cottage. A cowbird I’d never seen before.
#Birds #ShinyCowbird #MolothrusBonariensis #FriendshipBay #Bequia #BackYardBirding #BirdingLifer #SaintVincent #SaintVincentAndTheGrenadines #BirdsOfTheCaribbean #LesserAntilles
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Female Shiny Cowbird
A field behind a beach cottage. A cowbird I’d never seen before. -
Coconut Water and Drunken Mermaids
We walked to the Sand Bar by way of coconut trees, long-lost cousins, and a round of Drunken Mermaids.
https://islandinthenet.com/coconut-water-and-drunken-mermaids/
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A vivid flash of turquoise stopped us mid-step on the way to Monkey Hill—an Grenadine Ameiva lizard, basking in the Bequia sun.
#Bequia #FriendshipBay #SaintVincentAndTheGrenadines #CaribbeanWildlife #Ameiva #IslandNature #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #TropicalReptiles
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Grenadine Ameiva – A Flash of Blue on the Way to Monkey Hill
A vivid flash of turquoise stopped us mid-step on the way to Monkey Hill—an Grenadine Ameiva lizard, basking in the Bequia sun. -
I didn’t even remember taking the photo—until I a look at the Lightroom catalogue showed me a Pale-vented Pigeon I’d missed entirely that morning.
#Birds #PaleVentedPigeon #BirdLifer #IslandBirds #CaribbeanBirds #NaturePhotography #SaintVincent #BirdingLifer #TropicalBirds #LesserAntilles
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Pale-vented Pigeon on the Wire
I didn’t even remember taking the photo—until I a look at the Lightroom catalogue showed me a Pale-vented Pigeon I’d missed entirely that morning.
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Ten Minutes With a Tropical Mockingbird
A Tropical Mockingbird doing what it does best—hunting, moving, and ignoring me entirely.
https://islandinthenet.com/ten-minutes-with-a-tropical-mockingbird/
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A quiet Sunday with doves in the grass to rain on the bay—flamboyant trees, bitter melon, and barefoot walks threading the day together.
#Bequia #SaintVincent #Grenadines #CaribbeanTravel #BeachCottage #LesserAntilles #SundayVibes
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Sunday at Sugarapple
A quiet Sunday with doves in the grass to rain on the bay—flamboyant trees, bitter melon, and barefoot walks threading the day together.
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Mac’s Pizza & Kitchen
We came for the lobster pizza, stayed for the view, and shared lunch with two opportunistic grackles who clearly knew the routine better than we did. -
An encounter with a Broad-winged Hawk on a rainy Vincentian road.
#Birds #SaintVincent #SaintVincentandTheGrenadines #Hawk #ButeoPlatypterus #BirdsOfTheCaribbean #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #TropicalBirds #IslandBirds
https://islandinthenet.com/broad-winged-hawk-buteo-platypterus/
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Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
An encounter with a Broad-winged Hawk on a rainy Vincentian road.
https://islandinthenet.com/broad-winged-hawk-buteo-platypterus/
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Two quick shots through thorns was all the Carib Grackle gave me—but it’s the clearest I’ve caught so far.
#CaribGrackle #IslandBirds #TropicalBirds #SaintVincent #BackyardBirding #BirdsOfTheCaribbean #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands
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Carib Grackle
Two quick shots through thorns was all the Carib Grackle gave me.
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Recovery Day and a Scaly-naped Pigeon
After a steep rainforest hike, a recovery day on the veranda brought a quiet moment with a Scaly-naped Pigeon—close enough to photograph.
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Arrival: Day One in St. Vincent
After an early morning departure from New Jersey, we arrived in St. Vincent and found ourselves immediately immersed in tropical humidity, blooming Flame Lilies, and the lively rhythms of Dorsetshire Hill.
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https://archive.org/details/theycalledusbrigands
They Called Us Brigands: The Saga of St. Lucia's Freedom Fighters by Robert J. Devaux; Patrick A.B. Anthony
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#brigandage, #brigands, #Ioüanalao, #Iyonola, #Hewanarau, #Hewanorra, #StLucia, #SaintLucia, #LesserAntilles, #Caribbean, #Martinique, #Guadeloupe, #maroonage, #maroons, #marronage, #blackchattelslavery, #war, #guerrillawarfare, #guerrillawar, #guerrillas, #Caribbeanhistory, #NègMawon, #britishimperialism, #frenchimperialism, #colonialismThe Black freedom fighters of the Lesser Antilles became known as “brigands” during the french revolution. Their fascinating story has never been written, perhaps because they have been dismissed as runaway slaves in a state of insurrection. The author believed that history has been unfair to the “brigands”. He felt indebted to them for sparing the life of his great-great-great-grandmother who was left in their care when the rest of the Devaux family fled to Martinique for safety. His gratitude motivated him to attempt to exonerate the “brigands” from the stigma of their history and present them in a different light, as freedom fighters caught up in a desperate situation.