The elegant houses, Portuguese in style, are painted in bright colours – yellow, blue, pink, orange and claret. The sky above is an impossible blue, the air silent, languid, punctuated only by the tinny of an old radio, and the smell of baked bread. A lace curtain flutters in the fragrant wind, dancing to the […]

The sunlight filters through the leaves of tall coconuts, making a pretty mosaic on the red soil. Quaint cottages, with thatched, sloping roofs and neat courtyards peak out of the groves, as birds coo a melody, fluttering in the canopy of the trees. The wind steals through the leaves, bringing with it the fragrance of […]

In the evenings, the tall coconut trees on the coast sway in the wind. At nights, the moonlight ripples on the sea, shimmering and dancing in a wild abandon. But it is the mornings that are the best – a sky of peaches and cream, deep blue sea, and the cold sand on the beach, […]

The sea is a wonderful shade of blue, iridescent and sparkling in the summer sun. The toasty, golden beach embraces the sea lazily, curving around the bay in languid grace. In the evenings, the sun sets the sea on fire. Along the crescent beach, the beautiful city of San Sebastian lights up as darkness descends. […]

They assured me before I landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, that yes, everyone would speak English and no, Puerto Rico did not want to be a country outside of the United States. So I came prepared with some vague notions of the Caribbean and a pair of shorts because in March, Puerto Rico had […]