TradeWind Travels: Life on the 17° Parallel: Don't Be a Hater

20 February 2006

Don't Be a Hater

There have been a slew of articles lately proclaiming that the Blog Days are coming to an end.

The Financial Times decries the obsolescence of blogging , and even Slate, one of my favorite blogs, predicts that the end is nigh.

Then there's William Safire in the NY Times, complaining that bloggers have stolen the language of literati. Excuse me, are you really compaing about words being stolen, Safire? I mean, come on! You write in English, don't you? Where do you think all these words came from? Gifts from abroad?

Anyway, whatever.

I like blogs. I like being on the web. I like reading different stuff that hasn't been cranked through some media conglomerate's idea of what is news.

Sure, I read the NY Times every day, and thanks to RSS feeds, I also read the top stories from the Chicago Tribune, CNN, Reuters, BBC, The Guardian, and Washington Post, among others. However, I also read some less corporate news blogs, likeDaily Kos, Tom Paine, Slate, and Cursor for news, as well as about 20 other blog sites encompassing a variety of subjects such as science, technology, education, and entertainment.

I think that if I had to rely on JUST the NY Times, or just watching my local news affiliate on TV, I'd know a fraction of what's going on today.

I love the Internet. It's democracy in it's purest form (as long as you have computer access, that is).

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This blog's purpose is part travel journal, part photo blog and part travel guide to St. Kitts and the Lesser Antilles. Please let me know if there's something about the island that you'd like to learn more about, and I will write about it here!

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GETTING HERE

The only major US airline that flies to St. Kitts is American Airlines. If you can't get one of those flights, just book a ticket to Puerto Rico, Antigua, or St. Maarten. There are two island airlines that I know of: Caribbean Sun Airlines and Liat. Both fly from all of those islands to St. Kitts. If you're coming from Europe, your best bet is to catch the daily Paris-St. Maarten flight on Air France, and then hop over to the island on a CSA or Liat flight. If you'd rather float by boat, check out the Link Ferries, which specialize in island hopping.

ISLAND LINKS

I'm compiling a list of links for travellers to the island:

Doctor Y/Doc Tory This is a link to a site put together by some friends who have lived on the island for several years. They have terrific pictures!
Discover St. Kitts Nevis Beaches This is a link I found earlier in the year that gave me some information on what to do/where to go on the island. It's not the greatest, but the web presence here isn't terrific, either, so it does what it can. I also subscribed to their newsletter, but I didn't learn anything not already on the site. The site has some nice pictures, though.

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