This pictorial account is about my personal travels in the North & South Atlantic and the Caribbean. Overall, I have travelled to about eighty countries, territories and colonies around the world. I have lived and practiced in about fifteen countries as a pharmacist, clinical pharmacologist, lecturer and volunteer kindergarten English teacher. I am still traveling to learn more about places, peoples and different cultures.

The purpose of this pictorial journal is to share my travel experiences with the general public in the hope that it will inspire others with similar aspiration to work towards this objective. I caution that traveling is tiring and expensive but, rewarding in terms of broadening perspectives and knowledge base.

My travels and residency in North & South Atlantic and The Caribbean cover nearly all the islands in these subregions with the exception of a handful. I have a first hand knowledge of the islands from Bermuda to The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Anguilla, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatia, St. Maarten, St. Martin, St. Barthelemy, St. Christopher & Nevis, Antigua, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines and Grenada.

The islands of the Lesser Antilles are comparatively small to those in the Greater Antilles. The really small islands are common to the eastern Caribbean namely the Windward and the Leeward chains. The Leeward islands constitute the majority of the Lesser Antilles. The size limitation is probably responsible for why there isn’t much in topographic excitements in these islands. St. Lucia for example boasts the Petit and Gros Pitons in Soufriere…that’s it! Dominica has several minuscule waterfalls. In comparison to Iguazu falls in Argentina, Victoria falls in Zambia & Zimbabwe, there’s more appreciation for the thunderous significance of the likes of Niagra falls in the Canada and the United States. However, it is worth noting that the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea is a magnet drawing millions of tourists to the region annually.

Among the large islands of the Caribbean is Cuba. It is astonishingly larger than all the other Caribbean islands combined. Other large islands of the Caribbean are: Jamaica, Hispaniola comprising of Haiti and the Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico, Trinidad and the famous Isla de Margarita.

This book is about seventy five pages long with approximately one hundred and forty personally-taken pictures. The pictures represent about seventy five percent of places l visited in this region. Major highlights of this pictorial presentation are: Bermuda, St. Barthelemy (St. Barths), Turks & Caicos, St. Christopher & Nevis (St. Kitts & Nevis), St. Maarten-St. Martin, and Dominican Republic.

There’s a list of travel resources included at the end of the book that can be downloaded for free. This list is an all encompassing travel books and brochures. Comprehensive information about what to do, where to stay, dining, general travel tips and; bespoke travel arrangements are provided in these resources. You will find the list of travel resources provided extremely useful whether you’re a casual traveler with little interest in research or you’re a research buff and detail-oriented. Searching for the travel resources listed is as simple as typing the description provided and free-download them in pdf.

Regardless of whether I’m traveling for leisure or professional reasons, my approach has never been extemporaneous. There’s generally a planning phase that is guided by process. The process entails the following steps namely: knowing about my destination, getting there, where to stay, things to do, daily exercise plan and; how to obtain my nutritional requirements.

To gather foundational knowledge about my destination, I watch travel documentaries and consult travel books and brochures. These resources are very useful for knowing about things to do, safety advice, how to stay healthy with exercise, dining, grocery outlets and nutritional support.

I rely exclusively on Google Flights to get to my destination because of its scope and limitless capabilities to cover nearly all the airlines in the world. Additionally, the tools of Google Flights allow exploration research about fares and changes over time. Therefore, it gives an idea of the best time to travel with respect to cost containment. Based on my research, it is questionable whether one can save money flying around the world. This is because the airlines have mastered the techniques of exploitation based on a simple assumption that there isn’t an alternative once you’ve committed to the desire to travel. It is important to note that fare research on Google Flights doesn’t translate into exactly what you’ll pay when it’s time to book your flight. The airlines specifically make extra money when you book the flight by charging for prime seat selection, flexibility to change your flight, cancellation, refund, checked and carry-on luggage with their add-on pricing techniques. Nonetheless, l personally think that the tools in Google Flights allow travelers better and less laborious exploratory research and fare comparisons than dealing with individual airlines directly.

Apart from realtors and rental agencies for long-term accommodation, l depend on Air bnb, Expedia, Booking.com and Trivago for price comparisons.

I hope you’ll find the travel resources, pictures, short notes and general information provided in this personal journal interesting and useful enough to guide your journeys through the world.

Enjoy the collections of magnificent pictures from the Caribbean and North Atlantic directly related to my travel experiences.

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