Galley Wench Tales

Exploring the world through the people we meet
and the food they eat.

Never on Saturday Afternoon

Ok, there will still be more retrospectives on St. Lucia, and photos,  thanks to purchasing a new camera today as well as prior downloads to my Mac, taken in St. Lucia.Still, another quick update on the here and now.If you have the good fortune to arrive in...

Pondering Foreign Food Mysteries

One good consistency – the promotion of locallygrown and produced food and otherproducts. Here’s one of the more popularmarkets in St. Lucia displaying local products.Why in a relatively small Caribbean town like Vieux Fort are two of the busiest restaurants...

Martinique! Land of Not-Much-WiFi & No Camera

Quick update.We sailed to Martinique from St. Lucia October 21st.  The island is lovely, however internet access is a rarity. As a result, will post a few quick retrospectives from St. Lucia.As access improves, and hopefully my cameras are working again (both!...

What’s VAT? New in St. Lucia

VAT sign in IslandWaterWorld chandlery.  While VAT did impactprices, all businesses in Rodney Bay Marina enjoy theprice advantage of being duty-free.St. Lucia’s VAT or Value Added Tax began implementation amid protest October 1st 2012; they are the last...

Alien Invasion: Weird Wonderful Fruit

Soursop is at 12 o’clock, in the same basket with passion fruit,five-finger, orange and  papaya also known as paw-paw in the Caribbean.  Note the size of the avocadoin the top of the left hand basket!  All local produce from the...