[Source: Transat Jacques Vabre] Lighter winds which the leaders will roll into first suggest that compression is inevitable, some of that gap from third to fourth will be eaten away as the trade wind are killed off periodically.... In theory they should have done enough. The leading trio of the Transat Jacques Vabre race from Le Havre to Costa Rica, Safran, Groupe Bel and Mike Golding Yacht Racing...
Barel Coppet et Mister Lof There really isn't any better time to be a musical collector than the present. There are just so many great smaller labels putting out some phenomenal stuff, both new and old. An excellent example of the latter is Soundway Records . I wrote about them earlier this year , during the summer, when talking about their excellent Latin release, Panama! 2: Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical...
While on Gisele’s fascinating blog from the St Martin (Guadeloupe) recently I came across a wonderful little toy called Wordle . I’ve hardly been able to stop playing with it since. Here are some examples of the word clouds I have made by putting my blogs (or extracts thereof) into Wordle and then playing with the colours and layout. You can click on any of the clouds to enlarge it if you...
A bit off-topic of the blog but a science building on campus is with Guadeloupe-born footballer, Lilian Thuram. He was considered to be one of the best players in Europe; his best-known accomplishment of his 15-year career playing defender with Monaco, Parma FC, Juventus, FC Barcelona and the French national team, is contributing to France winning the 1998 World Cup . However, Thuram was forced into...
OPMB Worldwide gives you exclusive footage of the Miss Earth 2009 Presentation of Candidates. This is Group 2, consisting of candidates from Ghana, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Kosovo, Latvia and Lebanon. Thank you to Carousel Productions and Miss Earth Foundation.
La Caravelle Club Med Resort on Guadeloupe Island in the Eastern Caribbean Sea, has once again opened its doors to guests on October 24, and Australians are urged to consider the
This week, two of the most prestigious French literary prizes were awarded to two French-speaking authors of African descent: The French-speaking Caribbean blogosphere has been buzzing over this double satisfaction, in this post from Haiti, this one from Guadeloupe and this one from Martinique [Fr].
The geography and climate in the Caribbean region varies. Some islands in the region have relatively flat terrain of non-volcanic origin. These islands include Aruba , Barbados, Bonaire, the Cayman Islands, Saint Croix, The Bahamas or Antigua. Others possess rugged towering mountain-ranges like the islands of Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint Kitts,...
A video showing an interview of the famous French soccer player Thierry Henry in which he expresses his affiliation to Islam, has caught the attention of Martinican blogger Bondamanjak [Fr/Fr Cr] and triggered impassioned comments from readers.
Guyana’s Tony Simon placed third at the 9th Elite Caribbean Road Race Cycling Championships which was held in Barbados for the first time, yesterday. The 150 kilometre road race which was held on the Spring Garden route was won by a rider from Guadeloupe with a French Guiana cyclist taking second. Five riders from Guyana participated in [...]
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If you were planning to take property on lease in the Caribbean, you might as well move in Eric Clapton's property. The ageing rocker has decided to lease out his 45 acre Antigua Island Estate for a sum of $50,000 a week. He had originally spent $14 million in 2000 for the "Standfast Point". The house consists of a 10,000 square-foot complex and looks out to the islands of Guadeloupe and...
In The French-speaking Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, also dubbed “the Island with Beautiful Waters”, water is vital. Bloggers share their thoughts on the recently concluded les Journées de l'Eau en Guadeloupe (Water Days in Guadeloupe) conference.
Essentially a bunch of sprightly tunes from Caribbean islands such as Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica and St Lucia which mix various Cuban and Congolese styles with New Orleans jazz and a hint of Parisian high-society pizzazz.
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