JAMES MEETS...
In each issue of the Standpipe, our editor James Henderson interviews a prominent Caribbean personality. For this issue, James chats to Leo Garbutt, owner of the Calabash Hotel in Grenada, and looks back at the winter season and forward to the future for Grenada.
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ISLAND CHAT
The Great Wall of Tortola
First there was The Great Wall of China, then the Berlin Wall, now The Great Wall of Tortola in the BVI.
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Chukka Buggy Adventure
In our last newsletter we wrote about the Jamaica Dogsled Team, now the Jamaicans have come up with a Chukka Buggy Adventure. You will find yourself dodging cows, goats and wayward pigs as you ride through the hills above Ocho Rios.
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West Indies Cricket...
It's well known that cricket is a matter of life and death in the West Indies - no, it's more important than that. But what is the state of Caribbean cricket since the home nation produced such a dismal performance last year, taking sixth place in the ICC Cricket World Cup?
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WHAT'S NEW
Half Moon Club, Jamaica... this luxurious hotel resort in the Montego Bay area opens a new Golf Academy and a Pony Park at the resort's Equestrian Centre.
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Eden Rock, St Barths... this lively and extremely fashionable St Barths hotel announces a new deluxe villa and 65ft Princess motor yacht.
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NEW! Caribbean Travel Videos, plus the latest hotel and villa reviews... We are very excited to introduce our new instructional videos on how to get the most out of your visit to Definitive Caribbean. And, since January we have added 19 new accommodation reviews...
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RUM 'N RECIPES
Salt fish cakes are a favourite around the Caribbean, and no more so than in Barbados. . These tasty morsels feature as an appetiser on menus around the island as well as a hot snack at street fairs and outdoor gatherings, where food stalls fry them to order.
This month Deana Bellamy of Definitive Caribbean shares her adaptation of her grandmother's recipe.
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QUIRKY CARIBBEAN
We all know nowadays that corals are animals rather than plants, but it wasn’t always the case.
Read about poor Andre Peyssonel, the French doctor who in 1723 came to the extraordinary conclusion that corals were actually animals rather than marine flowers!
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PICK OF THE CROP
Curtain Bluff, Antigua
Cooking classes at Bluff House with Master Chef Andre Soltner.
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WIN A HOLIDAY!
Free Entry

The Definitive Caribbean Charity Support Scheme supports charities throughout the islands with the generous help of our partners.

The winner of the last draw which closed on 03 March 2008 was Miss Sophie Hart of Swindon, Wiltshire, UK who won a week at the famous Half Moon Club, Jamaica plus an exciting island excursion with Glamour Tours. Watch this space for news of the next Free Prize Draw or Auction.

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SPECIAL INTEREST
Caribbean with kids in the summer
In this issue we look at the Caribbean's best properties for children this summer
Anguilla    - Cerulean Villa
                   Carimar Beach Club
                   Cap Juluca
Antigua    - Carlisle Bay
                   Curtain Bluff
Barbados - Sandy Lane
                   The Sandpiper
                   Coral Reef
                   Crystal Cove
                   Turtle Beach
Grenada   - Spice Island Beach                     Resort
                   The Flamboyant Hotel
Jamaica    - Half Moon
                   Round Hill Hotel & Villas
Nevis        - Four Seasons
St Lucia    - The Jalousie Plantation
                    Royal St Lucia
St Vincent - Raffles Resort

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Art and Culture
05-13 Apr - Macbeth, Gale Theatre of London & Barbados, Bridgetown, Barbados
25-27 Apr - Plymouth Jazz Festival, Plymouth, Tobago
25-30 Apr - St Barth Film Festival - Cinéma Caraïbe, Gustavia and Lorient
02-11 May - St Lucia Jazz Festival, Pigeon Island, Castries and Fond d'Or Park
Sports & Activities
03 Apr-06 Jul - Caribbean Cricket: Regional and International Test Match.
19-24 May - Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race, Port Antonio, Jamaica
22 May-02 Jun - Barbados Rally Carnival including Intl. RallySprint and Rally Barbados
23-25 May - Foxy's Wooden Boat Regatta, Jost Van Dyke, BVI

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