The Unprofessionals
by Chris Morvan Lack of professionalism is not something anyone likes to be accused of, but it confronts us in all walks of life, not just here but everywhere. I’m talking about taxi drivers who can’t put your luggage in the back because they’ve got their lawn mower in there, and who don’t know their patch, so they ask you how to get where you More...
Mosquito stakeout
by Chris Morvan I don’t know where the mosquito stands on the conservationists’ list of protected species, but I would hope it’s very near the bottom. Do they do any good to anybody or anything? Seriously, More...
Cover up: here come the new Victorians
by Chris Morvan For decades the tourism world has been pandering to the lowest common denominator, accepting the money of anyone who can afford to visit them and putting up with the behavior of the mindless, boorish More...
Divided by a common language
by Chris Morvan This island is a complex place. Almost bewildering in some respects - not least as regards language. The guide books and online information don’t prepare you for this. I was expecting to find a More...
The life and times of Dusty Red
by Chris Morvan I found her in a back street in Willemsburg, Curaçao, down where the Venezuelan fishermen come in and sell fish and fruit and vegetables along the dockside. It’s like a foreign country within More...
It is better to arrive than to travel
By Chris Morvan Those who were stuck here for a while after Irma because of air travel disruption, and all of us who are now trembling at the thought of paying exorbitant prices (which we pray will eventually come More...
The idiot’s guide to the Caribbean
By Chris Morvan It’s all Christopher Columbus’s fault. He was trying to get from Spain to south Asia, but ended up in the Caribbean. Easy mistake to make. Just fail to turn left when you come out of the Mediterranean More...
The perils of doing it yourself
By Chris Morvan, With all the rebuilding and repairing that has been going on here since Irma, there has no doubt been a collective surge in blood pressure, a lot of bad language and a mixed bag of results as people More...
When our ship comes in
By Chris Morvan An open-top sports car speeds around the twisting mountain road with magnificent sea views on the other side and only a metal barrier preventing the driver from taking the bouncing, exploding shortcut More...
How late is too late?
By Chris Morvan, A British aristocrat, Lord Bates, recently arrived very late for a sitting of the House of Lords and was so ashamed of himself, he offered to resign. On the strength of this, the BBC (the one More...
