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Category: The Americas

Time to go home

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Chitra Gopinathan

It is a weekday morning and peak commuting time and yet the cab drive to JFK airport is pretty smooth. As we weave through the traffic, we can see the Continue Reading →

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Coney Island NYC

Coney Island beach

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Chitra Gopinathan

I look around the crowded train carriage and see a lot of tired faces. It is late at night and yet the carriage is unusually full. Compared to this evening Continue Reading →

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Memorial weekend

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Chitra Gopinathan

The dark clouds I saw gather as we started our descent into Newark was an omen for things to come. The city was bracing itself for a downpour after a Continue Reading →

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NYC trip

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Chitra Gopinathan

“Window or aisle” asks the lady at the counter. “Window” I say. Later I wonder why I didn’t ask for the aisle seat. Getting the lady in the aisle seat Continue Reading →

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St Lucia

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

Our short holiday in the sun is over. Getting over jet lag is another problem, especially when coming from the direction of America and the Caribbean. I don’t have much Continue Reading →

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Catamaran trip around Antigua

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

Second catamaran trip in two days. Normally I wouldn’t have done this, but we are only here for five days and so had to make the most of it. This Continue Reading →

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Barbuda

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

I go to sleep on Antigua time and still keep waking up on London time. By the time I get used to the time difference I will be back home. Continue Reading →

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Drive around Antigua

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

Henson, our tour guide picked us up from the resort at 9am. He is going to take us around the island and show us all the historical sights. When I Continue Reading →

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Birds in Antigua

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

I decided to look up the birds I’ve been seeing here, which are native to Antigua. The friendliest is the bananaquit or the sugar birds as they are called due Continue Reading →

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Antigua- Second day

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

So what do you know? I knew that Prince Harry was here in Antigua last week, but what I didn’t know was that he was staying at our resort. Great Continue Reading →

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