A Long Time Coming

Yes I know... this blog should have been the first one to be published; serving as an introduction to "The Caribbean Experience!" Bare with me as I get used to this blog experience!

This blog has been a long time coming. It took me awhile to get on the blog bandwagon but I’m here and I hope it will be a rewarding experience for me as well as my followers. All credit goes to Dale Ottley. I was very inspired by her blog and I thought, “hey, I can do this! I’m passionate about travel so I need to share that passion!” Dale, thank you for helping me with getting The Caribbean Experience up and running!

A little bit about me
I began my travel experiences from inside the womb. My mother worked for an airline so we traveled often during my younger years. The place we visited the most was Bermuda. This is my mother’s birth place and the tiny island where the majority of my family still lives.

I traveled many times with my aunts and of course my mother. I always enjoyed traveling with my family. We always had great bonding moments filled with lots of laughter, mainly because of the things I got myself into. We visited London a few times, where I fell off of the double decker bus and got my shoe lace caught in the escalator at Harrods. We had the great pleasure of going on a Safari in Kenya where we nearly froze to death at the Tree Tops Lodge. We watched the sane buffalo skip, hop and prance back and forth all day and night at the salt lick. However, the rest of the Safari was superb. Shortly after returning home I learned that I contracted Erythema nodosum. At the time I had no idea what this was. I thought it to be some kind of disease that was afflicted on me due to the combination of mosquito bites and the loads of medication that we had to take prior and during the trip. Later I learned that it is a type of skin inflammation. Ok, so TMI (too much information)…. moving along. But none the less, it was one of the most exciting trips so far with great bonding moments with the family.

I visited Cuba for a couple of hours. This trip was against my will. We, my grandmother, mother and I were high jacked and that was no laughing matter to a 12 year old. I was just trying to get to Disney World! In spite of the fear though, two good things came from this frightening experience: 1. The best plane food I ever had (upon departure from Cuba) and……2. Some great bonding moments with my family.

I have not traveled to Europe or Africa since childhood. One day I will return. However the region that I’m most passionate about is the Caribbean. I am in love with the Caribbean islands which is why I do what I do; sell the experience.