epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

GARDEL BERTRAND/HEMIS.FR/GETTY IMAGES © Getting There & Away Boat All ferries leave from the Gare Maritime de Bergevin, 1km northwest of Hôtel Saint-John Perse. Bus Buses to places in Basse-Terre ...

epub |eng | 2012-03-21 | Author:Renee Petrillo

British Virgin Islands The sail from St. John’s northeast through The Narrows to Tortola was a quickie (4 miles in 45 minutes). Tortola’s safest harbor is Soper’s Hole, on the ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2001-01-01 | Author:Leonardo Padura [Padura, Leonardo]

He too lived in an old rambling house in La Víbora, with a high roof and large windows behind grilles that started at ground level and disappeared into the higher ...

epub, mobi |eng | 1998-01-01 | Author:Leonardo Padura [Padura, Leonardo]

The feeling of febrile possession expressed by that song communicated, more than any other poem, more than many other words he sought and feverishly rehearsed, his longing for permanence: he ...

epub, mobi |eng | 1997-01-01 | Author:Leonardo Padura [Padura, Leonardo]

“Wait a minute, Conde, just a minute, don’t go chasing off. No, I really needed to speak to you in the street, you and me and no bother. And a ...

epub |eng | 2011-07-04 | Author:Leonardo Padura [Padura, Leonardo]

Mario Conde looked round, trying to escape from Yoyi Pigeon’s imploring eyes. His temples were pounding at the degradation he was being professionally and efficiently subjected to: the forensic put ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2007-06-02 | Author:Leonardo Padura [Padura, Leonardo]

“We got him, fuck if we didn’t get him!” Manolo almost shouted as he transmuted joy into speed. They were driving along Fifth Avenue, and the Count rested his hands ...

epub |eng | 2002-10-15 | Author:Isadora Tattlin

III. 18 I am taken to meet Alfonse, aka El Ingles (the Englishman) because his father was an East Indian from Jamaica. Alfonse is a handsome negro de pelo who ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

SALTO DE BAIGUATE In a lush canyon, Baiguate is not as visually impressive as the others, but it’s the most accessible for swimming. To get there, take Calle El Carmen ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

THE HIP ‘STRIP’ So you know, some bars on the Hip Strip (Dreamz, Xtatic and probably any other place with misplaced letters from the end of the alphabet) are strip ...

epub |eng | 2011-11-30 | Author:Planet, Lonely & Nate Cavalieri & Beth Kohn [Planet, Lonely]

Aguirre GHOST TOWN Crumbling monuments to the sugar industry are evident everywhere in the southeast, but there’s no more heartbreaking reminder of departed ‘King Sugar’ than sleepy Aguirre, which borders ...

epub |eng | | Author:Lonely Planet

AT A GLANCE » Currency euro (€) » Language French, Creole » Money ATMs available everywhere on Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre; do not rely on them in the islands » Visas ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-10-25 | Author:Patrick Leigh Fermor

The Pitons, close up, were just as surprising as they had looked from the air: two lonely spikes jutting out of the coast of the island, each shaped like the ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2003-12-09 | Author:Ann Vanderhoof [Vanderhoof, Ann]

Mr. Butters, the Mysterious Breadfruit, and Monday Night Mas No doubt our productivity would have been affected. . . . Probably, this week may have seen a great number of ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2010-11-15 | Author:Fodor's

VIRGIN GORDA Previous Chapter | Next Chapter | Contents Virgin Gorda, or “Fat Virgin,” received its name from Christopher Columbus. The explorer envisioned the island as a pregnant woman in ...