Jamaican food experiment day was a success for my first try making it: Pigeon Peas and Rice for lunch, Calloloo Rice and Impossible Beef patties for dinner. #food#Jamaica#Caribbean
En cette fin de journée la fête bâtait son plein sur la plage voisine. Poussé par mon irrémédiable bougeotte, je me suis égaré sur un petit sentier ignoré par la masse. Et après quelques pas me voici seul sur cette plage avec vue sur la Basse-Terre et sur le soleil couchant.
Un instant plein de simplicité et de douceur.
“Martine Moïse: Wife of Haiti's murdered president charged over his killing
A judge in Haiti has charged the widow of murdered President Jovenel #Moïse in connection with the assassination of the former leader on 7 July 2021. According to a legal document leaked by a Haitian news site, she is accused of "complicity and criminal association".” #Haiti#politics#Caribbean#conspiracy
At the recent Trinidad Carnival, Mas band Vulgar Fraction showed solidarity with Palestine and other places experiencing genocide, thus reinforcing that Mas was, is, and forever will be about revolution.
There's just something powerful and spiritual about Moko Jumbies, the Protectors who see all.
Woken up to a warm and breezy morning and a cruise ship with a slightly Ancient Greek vibe docked in the bay. The plan is to walk off our breakfast then take the shuttle boat to the hotel’s private islet. Our taxi driver last night was telling us how Aruba has its own currency (although everywhere accepts US$) and its own parliament, but the Dutch governor still sits above parliament. He said he liked the quasi-autonomous status and that Aruba does not want to become fully independent from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Arubans get a full NL passport and freedom of movement in the EU. He was a white guy with a Dutch accent, I wonder if people from other communities feel differently #Aruba#Caribbean#WinterHoliday
It should have been on the front pages, but due to global events, it has been overlooked.
A large oil spill near the #Caribbean island of Tobago, caused by an abandoned vessel on Feb 7, 2024, triggered a massive clean-up effort as the spill affected approximately 15 kilometers of Tobago's coastline, damaging a reef and potentially contaminating the island's fish and food supply.
The ecological impact is still unknown.
Activists decry ruling by top court as ‘a travesty of justice’ after two men sought to strike down colonial-era laws. A top court in St Vincent and the Grenadines has upheld laws that criminalize gay sex, in a blow to activists who have long decried the violence the LGBTQ+ community has faced on the conservative Caribbean...
An overturned vessel has caused a huge oil spill along Trinidad and Tobago’s coastline, in what the Caribbean country’s prime minister described as a “national emergency” on Sunday. The spill occurred on February 7 off the southern shores of the Tobago Island, according to the country’s Office of Disaster Preparedness...
I've seen Queen Angelfish on every trip to the Caribbean, but this is my best picture to date. They are quite large and have an amazing collection of colors and patterns. Sometimes they follow feeding turtles around and munch on whatever the turtle stirs up that doesn't make it into its mouth.
I was taking a picture of a turtle scratching on a rock when our dive guide came over to me and made some very emphatic hand signals at me and motioned for me to follow. When we arrived, I figured out what his hand signals meant - this pair of colorful lettuce were mating! The photo was tricky to capture because they were in a cut between the rocks with quite a bit of surge.
The Universal Negro Improvement Association in #Montreal sought to bind West Indian-Canadians to each other and to a national and international network of proud Black activists. There’s an expo going on right now, catch it if you’re in #MTL#BlackMastodon#BHM#history#Canada#Caribbean
Yellowhead jawfish are one of my favorite creatures to photograph, but they take a lot of patience. They are often quite cautious and will retreat into their burrows, but if you give them some space and remain calm they will sometimes come out and take a look.
Je ne me lasse pas de ces plages sauvages.
Le pire, c’est que je suis certain que les plages de la métropole devaient être magnifiques avant que nous ne les enterions sous le béton.
Parfois il arrive de s’égarer. De changer de direction si soudainement qu’il devient difficile de s’y retrouver. Sans repères auxquels se fier. Ce genre de situation nous oblige à lever les yeux et à observer l’environnement dans lequel nous nous trouvons. A être attentif au moindre détail qui nous permettrait d’avancer encore.
Dans cette mise en danger volontaire ou involontaire, parfois nous nous trouvons ou retrouvons. Parfois nous nous perdons. Mais qui sait ? Peut-être que derrière ce décor inconnu se trouve une merveille qui ne demande qu’à être contemplée.
Quand je suis parti en Guadeloupe je ne savais pas à quoi m’attendre. Je ne pensais pas que ça allait devenir un coup de cœur. Les îles antillaises étaient vraiment bas dans ma liste. Mon environnement de prédilection aurait été plus froid, voir glacial.
Je ne connaissais rien de la culture de la Guadeloupe, de son histoire, de sa faune ou de sa flore. Bref, je suis arrivé ici dans un environnement totalement inconnu. Après avoir malgré tout vérifié qu’il n’y avait pas de serpents dangereux dont ma phobie est un véritable frein à mon besoin d’explorer 😅
4 mois plus tard je peux assurer que jamais un environnement n’avait autant mis mes sens en état d’éveil. Sa grande richesse culturelle, humaine et naturelle, sa diversité, son climat, sa géologie, sa nourriture... cet archipel est un trésor. Et je ne l’aurais jamais soupçonné !
Je réalise également, tristement, que la métropole française ne me comble pas et ne m’a jamais comblé. Notre nature, nous avons fini de la dévaster. De la souiller. Au profit de maisons où d’appartements avec vue sur la mer ou proches du ski. De lignes électriques. Des villes. De l’agriculture. Je sentais ne pas pouvoir m’épanouir là bas. J’en ai maintenant la confirmation.
Je ne sais pas si la Guadeloupe est l’endroit où je voudrai vivre, mais c’est là où je peux respirer.
Entre la mer et l’étang, le courant de mes pensées allait et venait au rythme des vagues.
Sous ce soleil à la chaleur rassurante, je me demandais où pouvait bien mener cette plage. Mes pieds s’enfonçant dans le sable brûlant, je savourais cet instant d’errance hasardeuse.
N’est ce pas là le but de la vie ? Explorer sans trop savoir où nous nous aventurons ? Sommes-nous voués à essayer de tout maîtriser ? Où vaut-il mieux accepter que finalement seul le hasard est maître de demain ?
Je ne peux pas décider de comment réagira le moindre grain de sable, la moindre goutte d’eau, ou la moindre feuille qui composent ma vie. Alors que faire ?
Mes pieds dans le sable brûlant, entre la mer et l’étang, j’aire.
"#Mexico, the #UnitedStates and #Caribbean countries are being pummeled by #hurricane#waves that have increased in size by 80 percent over the past four decades, according to a first-of-its-kind global trend study led by China’s Hohai University."
That's 20 percent each decade. Worldwide, hurricane wave height went up only 3 percent per decade. So the Americas are at a lot more risk.
St Vincent and the Grenadines court upholds laws criminalizing gay sex (www.theguardian.com)
Activists decry ruling by top court as ‘a travesty of justice’ after two men sought to strike down colonial-era laws. A top court in St Vincent and the Grenadines has upheld laws that criminalize gay sex, in a blow to activists who have long decried the violence the LGBTQ+ community has faced on the conservative Caribbean...
Mysterious oil spill sparks national emergency in Trinidad and Tobago (edition.cnn.com)
An overturned vessel has caused a huge oil spill along Trinidad and Tobago’s coastline, in what the Caribbean country’s prime minister described as a “national emergency” on Sunday. The spill occurred on February 7 off the southern shores of the Tobago Island, according to the country’s Office of Disaster Preparedness...