Welcome

Dennis Jones is a Jamaican-born international economist, who has lived most of the time in the UK and USA, and latterly in Guinea, west Africa. He moved back to the Caribbean in 2007. This blog contains his observations on life on this small eastern Caribbean island, as well as views on life and issues on a broader landscape, especially the Caribbean and Africa.

*NEW!!! LISTEN TO BLOG POSTS FEATURE ADDED!!!*

*PLEASE READ COMMENTS POLICY--NO ANONYMOUS COMMENTS, PLEASE*

*REFERENCES TO NEWSPAPER OR MEDIA REPORTS ARE USUALLY FOLLOWED BY LINKS TO ACTUAL REPORTS*

*IMAGES MAY BE ENLARGED BY CLICKING ON THEM*

*SUBSCRIBE TO THIS BLOG BY E-MAIL (SEE BOX IN SIDE BAR)*


______________________________________

**You may contact me by e-mail at livinginbarbados[at]gmail[dot]com**

Monday, August 17, 2009

Cobblers Cove: Green Means Go.

A stay at Cobblers Cove begins with a lovely greeting: a fruit cooler drink or a rum punch. Not unique amongst fine hotels in tropical places, but always welcome. Once past the reception desk, you enter a world that is wonderfully private, and verdant. You can lose yourself in a minute.

The rooms within the grounds are nice, but if you are lucky enough to be able to have a suite, then you see a wholly different world.I had decided that a treat for my wife was due and a suite she would have. We arrived at mid-afteroon, and the sun was still high. The sea glistened.

Tired after a week's work, we were ready to just crash on the veranda. But then, we say the room. Plan B: just crash in that high standing bed. I have not had my breath taken away often when I first arrive somewhere but I could feel myself gasping for air, as the peach-like light danced across the walls.This was going to be a very hard visit if the standard was to be kept as high all the time as it was at the start.

No comments: