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Doubled Up!!! (a little humour)
... une poupée de chiffon. Je passe de mon ventre à mon dos dans le temps de le dire, une fois sur mon dos je me fait traîner directement dans le sable, et pas à peu près, jusqu'à la berge pour environ une distance de 1 mètre. Tout au long de cette exploit j'avale environ 2 tasses d'eau salée. Je me relève un peu désorientée, Amanda rit aux éclats, j'ai les cheveux pratiquement blond tellement j'ai ramassé de sable à mon passage - so much that a local guy comments that I must ...
S-U-N-D-A-Y
Sunday was litteraly a SUN-DAY! It was the most relaxed day of my adult life. We got up late, had breakfast overlooking the ocean, hitched a ride - actually three rides - to Little Bay where we had lunch at the most delicious BBQ. This was our first look at the expat community - pas mal toutes des têtes blanches. Ca fait rêver qu'un jour je pourrait être propriétaire ...
Island Tour with Sunny
... menardi blog without at least one **** story...
Nonetheless this does not stop me. We bum a ride to Soca Cabana to check out the finales of "Montserrat Idol" LIVE!!!! yes the equivalent to American Idol but smaller scale.. you obviously figured that one out.....That place was the happening spot and the people were going wild for this contest..... we got home at 4am, burger in hand... burger from "De Burger Queen; Rite yah so".
'til next ...
WILD is the word
Wild is not part of my everyday vocabulary but here, it sure is!
On day 1 we decide to take it easy and head off to the nearest beach... which is suppose to be 15-20min, but it's more like 30-40 min and it's all downhilll....ce qui veut dire que pour le retour ce sera pas une descente mais plutôt une remontée!!! Buns of steel here we come.
La plage est superbe et complètement déserte. Le contraste entre le sable noir et l'eau turquoise est hors de l'ordinaire; et ...
Land of Volcano Devastation
History
Montserrat's first European settlers were Irish who arrived from St. KIitts in 1630. A second wave of Irish settlers arrived in 1649, after Cromwell conquered Ireland. They began as small farmers growing mixed crops, but the economy of the island slowly changed. Sugar became the main crop, slaves were introduced, and over the years the smaller farms became uneconomical. Many of the Irish returned to their ...


